Uncluttered Office with Catherine Avery: Recent Episodes
Catherine Avery
Are you a busy professional with a to-do list a mile long? Do you wish you could just control your brain, time, clutter, or ADHD? If you struggle with time management, paperwork and productivity, this podcast is for you. Your host, Catherine Avery, is an ADHDer and Neurodiversity Coach, so she gets you. On this podcast, she and her guests will offer productivity tactics that work with your differently wired brain, not against it, to help you gain control over your time, space, and information.
In the first of this month’s series “Uncluttered Holidays”, Catherine talks about the importance of reflection in the month of December whether you’re Christian and believe in the quiet time of Advent or you celebrate in other ways embracing the peace and darkness that comes in the winter. Catherine busts through the unrealistic expectations of the season and let’s you know that you’re ok even if you aren’t wildly enthusiastic about the holidays. She asks that we give one another space and grace as we navigate this busy time of the year. She gives a strategy (and handouts) to help you create your intentional and less stressful holiday season. You can reduce that stress by releasing what’s not working for you, whether that’s skipping baking 5 kinds of cookies or limiting your time with the relative who has too much eggnog. Links: Uncluttered Office – Week 1 - https://productivitybydesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/PBD_Course_120319_Week_1_Uncluttered_Holidays.pdf About Catherine To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session Free Guide: Tame your ADHD Brain *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special Thanksgiving episode, Catherine interviews Barbara Hemphill founder of the Productive Environment Network and author of ‘Less Clutter More Life’. Catherine discusses with Barbara about her “Why”, starting Productive Environment Network and how the team has evolved to tackle “emotional clutter”. It is important to remember that when we deal with clutter to improve our productivity that there is a ripple effect that goes well beyond the office or cubicle. Catherine wraps up her conversation with a discussion about gratitude, what it means to Barbara and to herself. Links: Productive Environment Network - https://www.productiveenvironmentnetwork.com/ About Catherine To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session Free Guide: Tame your ADHD Brain *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wrapping up our series on ADHD and burnout, guest Shane Thrapp shares his journey in learning and discovering about his ADHD. He also discusses his fibromyalgia and high functioning autism. Shane shares his struggles and how he copes differently during his mental breakdowns after being officially diagnosed. He’s still figuring out the balance for ADHD and fibromyalgia medications. Tune in to hear Shane gives us his take on mental health in men and the new ADHD Men’s Support Group. About Shane Thrapp: Shane Thrapp is a Certified ADHD Life, Relationship, and Career Coach. Through his business, Creating Order From Chaos, he has helped hundreds of people find their paths through the chaos of life with ADHD and find their order and purpose. He is a board member of the nation-wide non-profit Inattentive ADHD Coalition, runs the Men’s ADHD Support Group on Facebook, and is a public speaker who works to be a voice in advocacy for adult ADHD awareness. Links: Website - www.creatingorderfromchaos.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CreatingOrderFromChaosCoaching Men’s ADHD Group FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mensadhdsupportgroup About Catherine To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session Free Guide: Tame your ADHD Brain *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Too often people say “We all have a little ADHD." But it’s actually that we all have a little overwhelm. Today’s guest, Cameron Gott, clarifies how you can tell the difference between overwhelm and ADHD. He then explains the different types of ADHD. Cam takes a deep dive into Positive Intelligence and ADHD including his recent Equanimity group. He mentions Susan David’s book on emotional agility. And he mentions the 3 barriers of ADHD. Tune in to hear Cameron as he shares his thoughts about energy management, task inertia, and the six C’s of completion. Cameron’s Bio An Executive ADHD coach since 2000, Cameron Gott, PCC works with creative leaders and business owners worldwide to help them take action more efficiently and lead more effectively. He co-hosts the Translating ADHD podcast and trains and mentors ADHD coaches through Coach Approach Training. He teaches group coaching classes through Translating ADHD and Melissa Orlov’s ADHD Marriage program. He speaks and teaches on a variety of topics including ADHD and coaching. He is now curious about the nexus of ADHD, Positive Intelligence and the role of emotion in leadership and motivation through his Equanimity group coaching effort. Cam lives outside of Charlottesville, VA in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains with his wife and two children. Links: Camerongott.com Translating ADHD Podcast Susan David’s ‘Emotional Agility’ About Catherine To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session Free Guide: Tame your ADHD Brain *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Catherine speaks with Dr Tamara Rosier, an expert on ADHD and boundaries. Catherine was so impressed with the Boundaries chapter in Dr Rosier’s book “Your Brain Isn’t Broken'' that she asked her to come on the show. Dr. Tamara believes that Boundaries are rules we set for ourselves, based on our values and priorities. She explains why people with ADHD are more prone to burnout and gives an overview of how ADHDers can miscalculate their energy levels. Then, she explains how boundaries can help counteract burnout and the difference between self care and self indulgence. Tune in to hear Tamara share tricks you can use right now to combat your burnout. About Tamara Dr. Rosier has been a college administrator, a professor, a leadership consultant, a high school teacher, a national public speaker, and an ADHD coach. Through those adventures, Dr. Rosier has developed valuable insight into ADHD and how it affects one’s life. Her book, ‘Your Brain’s Not Broken’, provides strategies for navigating the powerful emotional aspect of ADHD. Links https://adhdcenterofwestmichigan.com/ www.tamararosier.com About Catherine To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session Free Guide: Tame your ADHD Brain *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week’s guest, Victoria Shaw, is an intuitive Counselor and Spiritual Coach who was diagnosed with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and ADHD. She dives right into shares her experience in psychotherapy and why the brain is wired differently. Victoria explains how ADHD peers deal with intuition. Intuition works best with a still mind so Victoria shares strategies on how to meditate to help the ADHD or differently wired brain become more focused. And she delves into how developing your intuition can help you in managing burnout. Tune in to hear Victoria discuss strategies for parents helping their kids through trauma. About Victoria Victoria Shaw is an intuitive Counselor and Spiritual Coach who combines her background and training in psychology and counseling with intuitive guidance to help clients heal, grow and realize their full spiritual and personal potential. She takes a holistic approach to counseling, addressing clients’ concerns on the mind/body/spiritual levels. She especially loves working with people who are committed to using their life experiences or struggles to fuel their own spiritual awakening. Victoria is the author of four self-help books for parents, children and teens, and the host of Intuitive Connection podcast. Website: www.victoriashawintuitive.com Podcast: Intuitive Connection Retreat Center Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Free Guide: Tame your ADHD Brain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week's guest, Dave Greenwood, is the author of Overcoming Burnout. He starts with the story of his first burnout after managing a restaurant and describes what it means to “burn your boats”. Burnout is very individual. It comes not only from work but can happen from caretaking responsibilities. And when you’re burned out you can’t get out of your own way. So Dave gives several ideas to start to dig out. They also discuss the importance of boundaries to help prevent burnout or a second one! Catherine mentions Getaway cabins which you can find in the link below. And how ADHD can contribute to burnout. Tune in to hear about Dave’s theme days and how they can help you prevent burnout. About David Greenwood David Greenwood is the author of Overcoming Burnout-Real Life Strategies for Burnout Recovery and Prevention. David’s previous book Overcoming Distractions profiled many entrepreneurs with adult ADHD. David is also an entrepreneur and still runs his content creation business just outside of Boston. However he is focusing a lot of time on helping people who have experienced burnout, recover from burnout and prevent it from happening again. Before officially becoming an entrepreneur in 2005, David served as an executive at one of the most well-known nonprofit organizations in the world. And before that, he spent 16 years in the restaurant business which resulted in his first encounter with burnout. Links www.OvercomingBurnout.net https://OvercomingDistractions.com/ Getaway House (Cabins): https://getaway.house/ About Catherine To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Free Guide: Tame your ADHD Brain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week’s guest, Patty Lennon, helps us understand how having a spiritual life no matter how small can help us manage burnout. Catherine really wanted Patty on now because she has found this to be so true in managing her own burnout this summer. Patty explains her process for making space for magic. She explains the 100% rule and the beauty of patience. Patty has a loved one with ADHD so they also discuss the role of “letting go” when you have ADHD. Patty also explains the two types of traumas, the big T and the small T. And how these can affect the neurodiverse brain particularly at work or in academia. Tune in to hear about Patty’s Manifestation for Grownups challenge which is just about to start. You can find the registration information at the links provided below. About Patty Lennon Patty Lennon is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and founder of The Receiving School®. She is a former type-A corporate banker that discovered there was more to living than making money. She left banking to help others do the same. She is a certified coach with a masters in psychology and has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Daily Worth. She blends brain science and metaphysics to help her fellow humans find clarity, focus, and inspiration so they can easily manifest their dreams into reality. Patty hasn’t found a crystal shop or bookstore she can’t get lost in. She loathes shopping in all other forms. She loves chocolate, Autumn in New England, and watching her two teen children discover what lights them up. Links: Pattylennon.com Manifesting for Grownups About Catherine To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Free Guide: Tame your ADHD Brain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For ADHD Awareness month, Catherine is focusing on ADHD and burnout. She starts by sharing a memorable Penn State Football game from nearly 20 years ago. She parallels her illness at that game with her recent battle with burnout. She explains the possible signs and struggles of having burnout with ADHD and how the symptoms can look similar. Catherine offers the strategies she is using to overcame (and hopefully prevent) burnout as an ADHDer. Catherine talks about the schools of thought on the origins of ADHD. And how trauma is wrapped up in all of this. A classic chicken and egg situation. Tune in to hear the new company and podcast name. Links: Addiction Expert, Speaker and Best-selling Author Dr. Gabor Maté Dr Daniel Amen And Patty’s book Make Space for Magic About Catherine To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Free Guide: Tame your ADHD Brain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Matt Baier discovered his super power organizing skills while working as department head of Design Services at The Jim Henson Company. Matt’s philosophy on organizing is all about circulation. Think of things moving in and out of your home. Matt explains entrance/exit depots where you can keep items like your briefcase or your child’s backpack. And as you organize and declutter, you can have a spot to gather your donations in the garage. His team set this up for Catherine. Tune in for a super power hour with Matt’s brilliance and decades of experience in home organizing! And be sure to check out his book ‘The Circulation Solution’. Matt's Bio Matt is the owner of Matt Baier (by-er) Organizing, LLC which began in 2004. His business features TEAM clutter relief in homes throughout Fairfield County and Westchester county. He is the author of The Circulation Solution, which features an easy plan for getting AND staying organized. Links Circulation Solution Book Free download Monthly Special - Clutter Cutter About Catherine To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Free Guide: Tame your ADHD Brain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Claire Tansey, meal planner extraordinaire wows us with simple ways to get dinner on the table without stress. A food pro, working mom, and solopreneur, Claire takes us through the 5 types of food planning styles - see if you can identify your preferred method. She even reveals which one works best for Catherine. Claire explains how a customized meal plan can be the gateway to easier, happier, and more fun dinner times. And she offers ideas for quick and easy backup plans and meals on the run. Meal planning doesn’t have to be a drag. Tune in to learn how! About Claire: Claire Tansey is Canada’s Master of Mealtime. She is the author of national bestsellers Dinner, Uncomplicated (2020) and Uncomplicated (2018). She’s been in the food business for over 20 years as a restaurant cook, night baker, test kitchen manager and food critic. Along the way she sang lead in a rock band, got a master’s degree and was Food Director of Chatelaine. Claire is a guest expert on Cityline and CBC Radio and she runs a virtual cooking school where she inspires home cooks with easy, delicious recipes. Originally from Montreal, Claire lives in Toronto with her partner, Michael, who eats everything and their son, Thomas, who does not. Links: learn.clairetansey.com Back Pocket Dinners: https://learn.clairetansey.com/bpds-three-faves Book: Dinner Uncomplicated About Catherine To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Free Guide: Tame your ADHD Brain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September is National Preparedness Month. Today’s conversation with guest, colleague and friend, Judith Guertin, will set you up for long term preparedness success. Catherine and Judy dive deep into her new book: “Beyond the Estate Plan Guide”, which not only provides the many forms that you need to keep all of your important information but also the how to gather and manage your information using her CALM process. We discuss why we (and our families) need to have ready access to life documents and why the pandemic made us realize it’s more important than ever. For example, Judy takes us through how to compile your emergency contact list and estate plan. You won’t want to miss this episode filled with nuggets of Judy’s brilliance. And she explains how to join her new group if you find this all overwhelming and need step by step guidance like Catherine! About Judy Judith Guertin is a Master’s Level Certified Productive Environment Specialist with the Productive Environment Institute. She is a Golden Circle Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) the New England Chapter of NAPO. Judy started her career in Occupational Therapy over 40 years ago. After 20 years in the field, she added a professional organizing business, All ways Organized to her services. In 2021 she published Taming the Digital Tiger Gmail Edition with her mentor Barbara Hemphill. About Catherine To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Free Guide: Tame your ADHD Brain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest, Penny Zenker, talks about how focus can help our productivity, get strategic, and make little shifts in our mindset. She explains the difference between focus vs attention. Then Catherine and Penny take a deep dive into how social media and the pandemic have affected our focus. They also discuss how this can lead to a trauma response. Tune in to hear Penny answer the question, “Why are we in a focus crisis?” And how we can all become focusologists by taking back our focus on the areas that we can control and letting go of the things that we can't. About Penny Penny Zenker is a Focusologist, an international speaker, business strategy coach and best-selling author. Penny founded, developed and sold her first multi-million dollar business while living in Zurich, Switzerland. Later at the world's 4th largest Market Research company, she managed business unit turnarounds and was a Tony Robbins business coach helping business leaders and entrepreneurs around the world to build a strong leadership, a culture of ownership, scale their businesses. Her clients tell her, her gift is cutting through the clutter and helping them focus on the most important and relevant areas to sustainably grow their businesses. Links: Penny Zenker: https://pennyzenker360.com/ The Productivity Zone by Penny Zenker: https://www.amazon.com/Productivity-Zone-Stop-Tug-Time/dp/0986307505 Adam Grant Meh Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_how_to_stop_languishing_and_start_finding_flow?language=en Text Expander: https://textexpander.com/ To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Catherine starts this episode with a recap of her summer with burnout and setting some stronger boundaries particularly around work not bleeding into vacation. She explains a new work routine and how this is helping her battle the burnout. And offers up her routines around personal time. Catherine shares her realizations from a summer of truly honoring when her body and brain say enough. And how you can honor being intentionally unproductive. All of which leads up to September's theme of back to school planning but for adults! So here’s your permission to buy some bright new shiny office supplies while you get the notebooks and pens for the kids. Catherine wraps up with a preview of the guests in September, so grab that new pen and paper because it’s going to be note-taking worthy! To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this third of our 3 part mini series on uncluttering your office, Catherine takes you through decluttering the rest of your office. She mentions clearing out books and permission to give them away. She suggests you get rid of excess office supplies, broken pens, old tech, manuals, and those endless random cords. She takes you through how to set up stations in our office space – different areas for different types of work. For example, you might have different areas for sorting your mail or client invoicing. Finally Catherine explains the Magic 6™ and how it can help you get your desk space organized for productive work. This is our second mini series. The first was in March. What do you think of mini series? Would you like more? Which subject would you like Catherine to address? Email us at support@productivitybydesign.com © Productive Environment Institute All Trademarks & Registrations are property of Barbara Hemphill To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this second of our 3 part mini series on uncluttering your office, Catherine starts with the most important questions you should ask as you begin to declutter the papers in your office. She reveals the difference between filers and pilers. Finally, she explains how to declutter your paperwork using the File-Act-Toss System™ and The Art of Wastebasketry® (both learned from her training as a Certified Productive Environment Specialist). © Productive Environment Institute All Trademarks & Registrations are property of Barbara Hemphill To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this first of a 3 part mini series on uncluttering your office, Catherine explains why we keep stuff and how some items can drain our energy. If you have ADHD or another brain based challenge, you’ll especially appreciate how clutter can mess with our focus. She takes us through the benefits of decluttering and organizing your office. And she describes how and why you start with determining your vision before throwing out the first piece of paper. Tune in to find out what is good enough when it comes to an organized office. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Catherine interrupts this summer mini series to have an amazing talk with Sasha about working moms and how they do it all. Sasha busts the myths of super mom and talks about balance. The conversation naturally unfolded around boundaries and since that’s the theme of this month, Catherine couldn’t wait to publish this episode. They had a great conversation on how to stay organized and smoothly transition from work to home and home to work, even if it's all within the same space. Sasha believes in creating a home environment that honors both adult space and kid space. Sasha details her four step system for moms as they restart after they’ve put their life on pause. Sasha’s Bio Sasha Morozov is a former executive who holds a Master’s in Social Work and is the founder of sasha x home. When Sasha isn’t chasing after her two sons, she now utilizes her clinical skills to coach women who are killing it at work but feel like they are failing at home to have more time, less clutter, and habits for a peaceful life. Sasha believes that working moms are exceptional humans who are skilled, devoted, and unstoppable. Sasha has spent almost 15 years working in the non-profit field to help individuals and families create better futures. Sasha is an avid minimalist, productivity master, and obsessed with organizing and designing people’s lives. Sasha has now developed a 4-Step Method that focuses on Self, Home, Relationships, and Habits to help moms hit start on the life they’ve put on pause. Freebie: 5 Steps to Coming Home Happy from Work Connect with Sasha in the Free Facebook Group for more tips and Live videos: Moms Creating a Next Level Life at Home To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Catherine starts today’s podcast episode with their family trip to Europe. Unfortunately they brought home the souvenir of Covid. Catherine shares the lessons learned around boundaries and the importance of rest. You can’t have rest without setting those boundaries. She shares what she deems the best definition of boundaries (in her opinion) from reading Tamara Rosier’s “Your Brain’s Not Broken”. Personal boundaries are everything, especially when you have ADHD! Catherine also tells her client’s story about asking and how this habit shift changed her life. And she busts some myths about laziness vs rest. Lastly, drum roll and special announcement, Catherine is one of the presenters at the international Conference for ADHD in Dallas TX in November! Links: Laziness Does Not Exist Tame your (ADHD) Brain To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Technology is a blessing and a curse. It’s wonderful because we can all reach each other all of the time. And it’s a nightmare because we call reach each other ALL of the time. I’m calling this a digital detox but I’m not telling you to throw out your phone and live in a cabin in the woods. Though the introvert in me likes occasional trips far, far away from the madding crowd. Learn some simple and realistic strategies to reduce your time in the magical land of social media. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you’re wondering why your well has run dry (time for you), you may not know how to set boundaries around your time. Your power comes from the pause. Learn how to set boundaries by using your calendar for you. Set time for yourself on your calendar every day and honor that appointment like you would one for anyone else. Tune in to hear self care ideas to put in your calendar so you can be your best self. With a full well you’ll be able to give to others again. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Overwhelmed, need 27 hours in the day. Your time management problems are not just about how you use your time. I’ll let you in on the secret. Learn why procrastination isn’t always bad and how to use a time tracker to determine your best times of the day. Tune in to hear quick and easy strategies to plan your calendar. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The average employee spends out about 1/5 of their work time searching for papers. In part 3 of the Mini Series, I take you through a super easy system to declutter the papers on your desk, your chair, your floor… Well you get the idea. Tune in to learn how F-A-T, the circular filing system, and the Art of Wastebasketry® will help you get organized. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In part 2 of the Mini Series, I take you through how to set up your office to be a productive environment, especially if you are working in a home office. Working from home has its own set of challenges – home schooling kids who always want snacks, packages being delivered during a recording, the inevitable dog or cat interruption during an important Zoom meeting (though they are super cute!). Tune in to learn how to minimize the distractions. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Today, I start with how you set your vision for your life or a specific project. Before you set out on a trip, you set your destination. Then you plot the route on a map. Setting your vision is similar. I take you through the exact process I use to set my vision before I get into the planning of any project. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Even bronchitis doesn’t stop Catherine from delivering a story to share on her podcast. She starts by explaining how the summer will differ on the podcast and why, mostly burnout, she’s taking most of the summer off from podcasting. But don’t worry, the podcast will still be here airing two mini series from the past two years. Then she shares her magical small group experience during Gail Larsen’s Transformational Speaking long weekend in Santa Fe. She also explains her plans for the summer and her work going forward. And she unveils…drum roll please… the brand new FREE Guide ‘Tame Your (ADHD) Brain’ (link bit.ly/TameBrain). FREE Guide: ‘Tame Your (ADHD) Brain’ To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Donna Cravotta has been the expert in media assets long before Catherine met her a decade ago. Donna talks about how opportunities can be missed by not sharing your own story. She encourages you to have everything in place - your media kit etc - and why that’s so important. She also explains that when you hand the various pieces of your story to someone else to craft that other person will often see things you do not. We don’t always know which story is the one so we inadvertently leave gaps. When you can respond quickly and with the right assets it’s a BIG confidence booster. Tune in to hear Donna’s story about the hand model and other client successes. About Donna Donna Cravotta is the founder and CEO of Cravotta Media Group where they help authors and speakers cover their assets with custom designed story-driven marketing assets including book and speaker reels And their version of a mix-tape, a reel that covers all of a client's highlights. These can be used for pitching media, podcasts, speaking opportunities, and more. Links: https://cravottamediagroup.com/ To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ilene & Ted shared how she and Ted met and how they work together even though Ilene is a person with she believes undiagnosed ADHD and her husband is a list-maker and organizer "freak". They also shared their insights into how small companies and solopreneurs can grow their businesses through marketing techniques that really work, giving several strategies that you can use right now. You’ll love hearing their stories of love and their varying viewpoints on running a business. And you’ll discover that two is way better than one when it comes to marketing brilliance! About Ilene Greene opened MarketShare Communications in 1986 to bring results-driven marketing and advertising services to small and middle-market companies in northern NJ and the NY/NJ metro area. In 1976, Ted founded Design Graphics, a print graphics and marketing agency in northern NJ, and in 2004, after reconnecting with Ilene, merged his company with MarketShare Communications. They became co-owners and grew the business into a digital marketing agency serving small and middle market clients and non-profits around the country. In October of 2008, Ilene was inducted into the NJ Advertising Club’s Advertising Hall of Fame and in March of 2009, was named one of New Jersey’s “50 Best Women in Business” by NJBIZ. They are (they think) the only husband and wife marketing agency in the tri-state area…or maybe even further! Links: MarketShareComm.com To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bill explains how to access your inner Olympian. We discuss how improvisation is the secret weapon of effective communications. And Bill shares about how conscious communication helps you to be a deep listener. We delve into how communications makes for Improvisational Leaders. Finally Bill shares his simple strategy for productivity.
About Bill Prinzivalli Bill is an entrepreneur, executive coach, organizational consultant, author, speaker, and improv workshop facilitator. He helps CEOs discover their Inner Olympian - their zone or flow state - by accessing their innate intuitive skills and integrating them with traditional business strategies to achieve extraordinary performances. Links: https://www.improvisationalleaders.com/
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Jen Lehner, our guest today, will wow you with all things digital marketing. We discuss how to batch content and how to make it short form. Jen explains the best times to use long form content and how to choose the different digital platforms. Jen takes a live case study of my lead magnet and shows how you can build a marketing strategy on Pinterest. We talk about the value of having a virtual admin and all the things that they can take off your plate. And how it comes down to who not how. Nothing will help you grow your business faster than replicating yourself. We wrap with the brilliant simplicity of Google’s dictation tool in Google Docs. A Note: We recorded this in March, so apologies for vastly outdated information about March Madness. About Jen Lehner is a digital marketing and systems strategist. She is the founder of the Front Row mastermind and Front Row CEO, a program that shows people how to hire and train their perfect match Virtual Assistants. She lives in Shaker Heights Ohio with her family and enjoys rollerblading and traveling when she’s not geeking out on new technologies. Website: Jen Lehner YouTube: Jen Lehner
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Guest, Linda Edmiston, shared her story from corporate to life coach to business coach and mentioned some strategies in developing the correct business and back-office systems, so her clients experience more productivity, ease, and clarity. She also talked about how important it is to to have expert partners who could visualize the business in a bigger picture. Also, she gave an exercise for the listeners to do to take one step closer to understanding and seeing their own genius zone.
About Linda Linda Edmiston helps women entrepreneurs develop the strategy and then improve and implement the fundamental back-office systems that are the sound foundation that L.I.F.T.S their business. Creating ease and automation with the Legal, Insurance, Financial, Taxes, and back-office Systems so that they can make and save more money, while spending more time doing what they love – working with their clients. Links: www.LindaEdmiston.com To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest, Angel Muller, starts off with her story of her passion around nutrition to help your focus and mood. She encourages us to declutter our diet to improve focus, organization, productivity and suggests some high protein foods to eat at breakfast. Angel explains how stress can affect our cortisol, create cravings and then derail our nutrition. Throw hormones in the mix and it’s next level. Angel explains the difference between calming food vs ones that activate your nervous energy. She explains the science behind how nutrition affects the vagal nerve and why it’s important to our energy and focus not to graze all day. Tune in to hear why I need to visit the UK just to enjoy Angel’s cooking in person! About Angel Muller Angel is a wellness and business coach. Her background combines neuroscience, nutrition and business coaching to help woman in business (including neurodiverse women) to create a healthier life and business. Link www.nourishingeve.com To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My guest, Kiran Deol, and I start out in the world of plant based eating and how it can help you feel better and manage your health. What we eat can help our focus, particularly with brain fog. We couldn’t help but take a trip through how to feed your kids healthy foods. Because we’re parents after all! We discussed all of the many different foods that can help your gut health. From fresh herbs to purple potatoes, variety is the healthiest way to feed our gut biomes. About Kiran Deol Kiran Deol is a holistic nutritionist and the CEO of Key To Health Nutrition Consulting. She helps women and children leverage the power of plant-based nutrition to get to the root of unwanted symptoms so they can truly thrive. Kiran is also a mom, vegan, and children’s nutrition advocate. Her passion for helping others achieve optimal health comes from her own journey in overcoming her daughter’s health challenges as well as her own. Links: Key to Health To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chandra Gore, today’s guest, shares her ADHD story. She attributes her talents in PR today to her varied career including project management. Because she is a bit of a natural planner, she’s able to keep the pieces together. She loves her work because she does so many different things in one day, which satisfies our ADHD ‘bright shiny’ need. Chandra teaches us how to do Public Relations in our local community. And assures us that we will experience the snowball effect as we take our first steps into the world of PR. Even being a podcaster is public relations. Tune in to be wowed by Chandra’s wit and wisdom. About Chandra Gore Chandra Gore works with entrepreneurs and individuals to create foundations for success and to understand how to gain visibility via media outreach with her boutique consulting and public relations firm, Chandra Gore Consulting. Adding Host, Media Correspondent, and Moderator to her resume Chandra brings her wit, unique comedic timing, laughter, and bubbly personality to the scene. Her personal brand - Conversations with Chan includes a podcast, YouTube series, and publication. Her slogan, "Conversations Begin with A Smile" leads the way as she begins every endeavor with a smile. Links: Chandra Gore Consulting To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today’s guest, Caroleen Verly, starts with her story of the pandemic’s effect on kick starting her financial coaching business. Caroleen explains the differences in earnings and challenges of managing money, in particular how important it is for people with a neurodiverse brain. While it takes more up front work, setting up systems that succeed by default will save you time in the long run and helps avoid paying that ‘ADHD tax’. The long term goal is to grow the space between your income and your expenses. Most important is to start where you are even if it’s just a tiny shift. Tune in to hear how putting guardrails around your spending makes it easier to manage your finances. About Caroleen is a former data analyst turned financial coach. Caroleen has an economics degree from Yale and worked as a data analyst in the environmental sector, first at a consulting firm and then in higher education administration. Links Untangle Your Money To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today’s guest, David DeWitt, helps us unclutter our money! We start with David’s story of being diagnosed as a child, ignoring it, and then his awareness at 21. David shares his top 3 money strategies that are great for anyone, but especially those with ADHD. He explains how drawing a timeline can help you visualize your long term goals. And he simplifies the budgeting process to make it differently wired brain friendly even if you want to use pen and paper. No fancy spreadsheet required. David encourages us to set up the financial systems now because they’ll save us time and money in the long run. Stay tuned for David’s uber focused productivity strategy. About David DeWitt David DeWitt is a registered investment advisor and podcaster who helps adults with ADHD take back control of their money. He’s been a registered investment advisor for 6 years but it wasn't until he had his ADHD awakening in early 2021 that he realized he wanted to work with other people with ADHD. David knows from experience that effective personal finance when you have ADHD is hard - even when you are a trained professional. After his ADHD awakening he set out to build a financial planning model that works for ADHD brains, first testing it on himself. And now, he's on a mission to help as many ADHDers as he can. Links: ADHD Monday Talk Delivered from Distraction by John Ratey and Edward Hallowell To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: Productivity Breakthrough Session 9 *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My guest, Kathy Casa is the expert on mindfulness practice. We start which strategies can help rewire the brain to alleviate some of the behaviors that can be concurrent with ADHD and chronic stress. She offers simple and accessible strategies to help that you can do right at home. Even a video on YouTube for a short morning meditation can set your day up for success. Kathy explains how exercise helps the endorphins in brain but with yoga you’re incorporating your breath. Even 20 minutes can move you from a stress response to a rest response. And the five layers of human beings from the yoga perspective and how we need to heal on every part of our being. We discuss the tools outside of medication, including somatic transcendence, that can help you reset and heal. About Kathy Casa Kathy is a transformational coach, wellness mentor and RYT-500 yoga teacher who specializes in yoga, mindfulness and breathing techniques as supportive neuro-psychosocial and physical therapies for states of imbalance such as C-PTSD, ADHD, emotional trauma, and chronic disease. Kathy's holistic approach to wellness is a result of 20 years of research, study and practice in yogic sciences, and a deep understanding of the body/mind/spirit connection. She supports her students through her transformational Somatic Transcendence programs and therapeutic holistic retreats. Links: Yoga Dynamis Carolyn Myss Anatomy of the Spirit
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Our guest Ari Tuckman’s expertise is ADHD from a psychological perspective. We focus on his story first and how ADHD knowledge is better today than it was when I was growing up in the dark ages. LOL! Ari calls ADHD a disorder of actualizing intentions. We then discuss the diagnostic process and how it’s often two for one. And we delve into medications, especially the myths around stimulants. You’ll enjoy how Ari pulls no punches while providing a ton of timely information. We morph into the other essential structures we need to manage our ADHD. Sleep sets the foundation for a “productive, meaningful, satisfying day”. We also touch on my two favorites - exercise and routines. Tune in to hear how you can start and then keep your good habits going. Hint - it’s not just willpower. Note: “ADHD kids hear about 20,000 negative messages by the age of 10.” -William Dodson
About Ari Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST is a psychologist, author, and speaker specializing in ADHD. His “More Attention, Less Deficit” podcast has more than 100 episodes and almost three million downloads. He is a psychologist and sex therapist in private practice in West Chester, PA, a former board member of CHADD National, and co-chair of the CHADD conference committee.
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Catherine Avery was sick last week and unable to record a new podcast episode. Because we’re running a special series this month called March MADHDness, Catherine selected this episode which previously aired on June 23, 2021 (Episode 96). She talks about shifting your language from saying “have to” to “get to” and why this changes everything. She describes how she learned this lesson from cancer and shares how she managed her life at a time when life became unmanageable. And how there were many opportunities for deep gratitude. She also explains what her official ADHD combined type diagnosis looked and felt like. Finally, tune in as she explains the Productivity Power Hour and the Pomodoro Method and why it works so well for her clients. Accountability is a big part of it. She ends with an offer to check out her accountability group: Exponentially Productive
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Our guest in this first of the March MADHDness series, Katy Weber, is the founder of Women & ADHD. She shares her pandemic diagnosis story and how she couldn’t believe that a “lazy” gifted person could be ADHD. She gives examples of ways internalized ADHD hyperactivity shows up in adults. Katy is the quintessential connector helping women to share their ADHD experiences, finding them resources, and offering a space to support one another. Tune in to hear how societal norms affect the masking that so often occurs in women with ADHD. And how our ADHD can affect how we show up as parents. About Katy Katy Weber is an ADHD coach, author, speaker, and founder of Women & ADHD, LLC. She is an outspoken advocate for neurodiverse women, and the host of the weekly Women & ADHD podcast, currently ranked among the top 1% of all podcasts globally. Links: Women and ADHD Podcast: Women & ADHD Instagram: @Katyweber.adhd To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Future minded guest, Megan Dahle, will upend everything you ever thought about your numbers in your business. She understands the stress that business owners go through when dealing with their finances. She focuses on making a plan for your business finances - think forecasting. Megan’s view of finances is the fun is in the what if. Tune in to hear how to shift your mindset around money. About Megan Dahle Megan Dahle helps her clients fall in love with their numbers by creating meaningful tools for them to get beyond the barely-useful financial statements and see what the future holds and how to achieve their goals. With a masters degree in accounting and over 18 years in the accounting industry, Megan became frustrated with the jargon and gate-keeping in the accounting industry that works against business owners getting the information that will most help them grow and thrive. By narrowing in on the information that is insightful and translating it into easy-to-understand and fun-to-use models, Megan is changing the way small business owners interact with their numbers. Links: Megandahle.com Michael Michalowitz Profit First To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nicole Lewis-Keeber explains how trauma affect our business from the moment we open it to the day-to-day activities in our work. Nicole differentiates big T trauma from little t trauma. Nicole discusses the impact of your inner kiddos on the board of your business. And who these personas are. Tune in to hear Nicole’s take on the trauma of the pandemic and how it’s affecting our business and our colleagues, particularly how our mental capacity is tapped out. We discuss drawing the boundaries around working from home and the importance of clear transitions especially for people with ADHD. About Nicole Lewis-Keeber Nicole Lewis-Keeber is a business therapist and mindset coach who works with entrepreneurs to create and nurture healthy relationships with their businesses. She's a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Masters in Social Work and has a rich and varied experience as a therapist. Certified in Brené Brown’s Dare To Lead™ methodology, she's also been featured on numerous media outlets including Fast Company and NPR for her work in breaking the stigma of mental health and business ownership. She writes and speaks about the impact of small t trauma on businesses but her biggest, more important work is in combining therapeutic processes with business coaching to help entrepreneurs build emotionally sustainable & financially stable businesses. Links: Nicole Lewis-Keeber Trauma and Entrepreneurship Assessment Do No Harm Program How to Love Your Business by Nicole Lewis-Keeber Find Nicole on Linktree
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My guest today, Alexis Haselberger, shares ways to build and maintain new habits in baby steps and in the easiest way for you. She recommends finding “science backed strategies that are not willpower or motivation.” Hear how Alexis balanced living a virtual ‘vampire’ life while quarantining in South Korea instead of at home in California. And how she was able to stay productive while on a completely opposite work schedule. Learn why to never rely on your memory and some practical apps to help you be less distracted and more productive. Bio Alexis Haselberger is a time management and productivity coach who helps people do more and stress less through coaching, workshops and online courses. Her pragmatic, yet fun, approach helps people easily integrate practical, realistic strategies into their lives so that they can do more of what they want and less of what they don't. Alexis has taught thousands of individuals to take control of their time and her clients include Google, Lyft, Workday, Capital One, Upwork and more. Links: Alexis Haselberger Coaching Distraction Action Plan Instagram: @Do.More.Stress.Less TickTick app To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today’s guest is my sales coach, Liz Dederer, who believes that coaches need to be available to their clients even if the coach is scaling their business. And she’s just too amazing not to share! We discuss how we can do sales without being icky. Instead, cash comes through connections. We can build relationships on LinkedIn in just 15 minutes a day. Liz teaches this in her Conversation Creation Challenge, which is amazing. Tune in to hear about power partners, the 8 languages of money, the entrepreneurial minimum wage, and how you can simplify your business with systems without breaking your budget. About Liz Dederer A 20-year, 5-time entrepreneur and advocate for social justice, Liz Dederer empowers women to make money and create change. Her flagship program, the Sales School For Entrepreneurs provides a proven “business-in-a-box” framework to create a high-touch, low-tech service business so they can experience their first of forever 5-figure months! Links: Selling with Service Schedule a Call with Liz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How do you maintain habits? It’s not easy. Tune in to part four of four in this two week Building Habits miniseries to learn how to build lasting habits with your ADHD brain without judgment. We’re differently wired. We need different solutions. This episode is chock full of strategies you can try to ensure that you keep those habits going past January. Hopefully this miniseries ensures that your February won’t be the land of abandoned planners, dropped exercise routines, and abandoned dreams. Links Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy Baumeister To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discover how to create a new habit – hint it starts small. And hear several of the myths around them. There is no perfect planner for example. There’s only the system that works best for you. Tune in to part three of four in this two week Building Habits miniseries to learn how to build lasting habits with your ADHD brain without judgment. We’re differently wired. We need different solutions. Links: Atomic Habits by James Clear Badass Habits by Jen Sincero Million Dollar Habits by Stellan Moreira The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I explain why I hate New Year’s resolutions. I set intentions with a word of the year instead. Tune in to part two of four in this two week Building Habits miniseries to learn how to build lasting habits with your ADHD brain without judgment. We’re differently wired. We need different solutions. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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The AEC coaching model – awareness, engagement, completion – can help us to evaluate our habits. Tune in to part one of four in this two week miniseries to learn how to build lasting habits with your ADHD brain without judgment. We’re differently wired. We need different solutions. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you
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On this kickoff episode to the new year, Catherine takes a look back to move forward. Catherine shares the wins and the challenges from 2021 all in a framework of three questions that will help you celebrate your wins, make informed decisions, and leave behind what doesn’t serve you without regret. Tune in for the highs, the lows, and everything in between. And hear about the wonderful people in my business who made 2021 my best year yet. Links: Washington Post: How to get organized at home when you have ADHD or mental health issues Coach Approach Collaberex Selling with Service Podcast Team: Sound Advice Strategies To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Our guest today, Cynthia Riggs, shares with us how and why to create a One Page Business Plan. We discuss the importance of high-level thinking about our business. There are five parts to the business plan and the key is it does not focus on the little tasks we do each day to move our business forward. Cynthia explains why we have such resistance to writing things down – fear of failure, being held accountable. Yet there’s still fluidity and benefit in getting our thoughts on to paper. We wrap up with the importance of defining your ideal client and how the business plan helps you do that. About Cynthia Riggs Cynthia Riggs is the Biz Diva! A successful entrepreneur since the age of 23, Cynthia built several businesses from the ground up, including a multimillion-dollar company she sold in 2004. She became a One Page Business Plan consultant in 2006 and has continuously used the process to support emerging and established businesses step into their next level of success and profitability. On a personal note, she believes her good fortune in life has been the ability to connect her passion to a profitable revenue stream, time and time again. Her greatest joy is bringing women entrepreneurs into the seven-figure business club. Biz Diva Links: One Page Business Plan To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Barbara Trapp explains how we set our vision using vision boards, but she has a unique take on it, including one vision board for everything. She describes her vision board workshop process. We talk about hiring VAs and how writing a job description is much like creating a vision board. We delve into setting your word of the year and while I share mine, Barbara is still deciding hers, but gives us a sneak peek. Tune in to learn about the game of Drop It. And hear ways to trim things down at the holidays so that we can have less stress, less clutter, and more joy in the season. We wrap up with several productivity tools that can help you move your business forward with more ease. Bio: Barbara Trapp is a Certified Professional Organizer®, and Productivity Coach. She has over 15 years’ experience in Human Resources, Training and Development, and Process Improvement, and holds specialist certificates in Residential Organizing, Life Transitions, and Workplace Productivity. She is also a Certified DISC & Driving Forces Facilitator. Barbara graduated from FSU with a B.S. in Leisure (yes, you heard that right!) and has moved 20 times. In 2016 she quit a well-paying job in a toxic environment, packed her car and drove around the country for three months, listening to many top business and personal development books. 22 states and 52 books later, she was ready to start her own business. Barbara is the owner of Zen Your Den and Zen Your Biz and offers Nonjudgmental Help to Busy and Overwhelmed People™. Zen Your Den Vision Bored Webinar December 16th Links: Squarespace Scheduling LastPass Tile Full Focus Planner – Barbara is a certified facilitator To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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My guest, Aron Croft, and I discuss inattentive ADHD and how this presentation means people are frequently lost in the cracks. If you don’t fit that stereotype. Aron explains how inattentive type presents and shares his own story of being diagnosed later in life. With ADHD the passion alone isn’t enough. You have to have a goal that you’re genuinely excited about and identify our super skills. Streamlined productivity systems are a necessity for people who can’t get off the couch. Finally, Aron shares his three productivity strategies. Bio Aron Croft appeared to have it all when he got into Harvard but that was the beginning of his demise. He struggled nonstop for 15 years until he was broke, divorced, and earning minimum wage, failing out of his first 7 jobs and businesses. After getting a Master's degree in Coaching Psychology and a diagnosis of Inattentive ADHD, his life changed and he built a successful Fortune 500 career consulting to companies such as Marriott, Deloitte, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald's, KPMG, and United Healthcare. He also got remarried, and most importantly, discovered how to get sht done with a neurodivergent brain. Now he’s on a mission to raise awareness about Inattentive ADHD, how it goes under the radar, and how to rebuild your life post-diagnosis. Hidden ADHD To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kerstin Rao taught for 34 years with a focus on gifted and twice exceptional students. Her Master's in Special Ed is from Bank Street and her undergrad from Vassar is in studio art. She's now a solopreneur, having launched CuppaCards, which carries stationery based on her own artwork, and Curate Your Mate, a dating coaching service to boost the confidence and strategies of midlife women seeking a life partner. She's also a comedy nerd and performs improv with her troupe Fairfield of Dreams. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Today’s guest Jennifer Raphael tells a story so many of us with ADHD can relate to – that we discovered our diagnoses through our children. We discuss how we can be here even more for our clients because we have brain-based challenges ourselves. We explored Jen’s take on Essential Structures and their importance to the mind that struggles with some challenges. She describes them as table legs – what’s going to support your table for your day to day? You’ll be delighted by Jen’s approach to the world of ADHD and human being’s brains. Stay tuned for a lively discussion of neuroplasticity and cognitive memory collections. Links: Ari Tuckman Understand Your Brain Get More Done Edward Hallowell and John Ratey ADHD 2.0 Planner Pad Bio: Jennifer Raphael loves helping people live their best lives and believes it is possible to thrive with the right tools & supports at every stage of life. She is a professional organizer and productivity specialist, a trained coach, & worked in health care as a nurse for many years. She brings a lifetime of experience, a sense of humor, and a passion for empowering individuals & families navigating life transitions and the challenges of ADHD and other brain based conditions. Jennifer Raphael is an RN, a CPO® (Certified Professional Organizer), a graduate of Coach Approach Training Institute for Applied Coaching (CAT- IAC), and is an active member of NAPO, ICD, ACO, CHADD, & ADDA. She founded Less-Stress Organizing Solutions® in 2013. Website: Less Stress Organizing Solutions Book: The First Year is the Hardest To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Part three of three in the series about executive functions continues our focus on the last three executive functions from the workbook ‘Understand Your Brain Get More Done’ by Ari Tuckman. In this episode, I kick off with Emotional Self Control and the importance of the almighty pause. Then I journey through Self Activation before wrapping up with Hindsight and Forethought. I offer ADHD friendly strategies to deal with each so that you can get motivated, control your feelings, and make good decisions. Tune in to hear how our ADHD brains can sometimes be like toddlers or teens depending on the day and the circumstance. Links: Ari Tuckman Understand Your Brain Get More Done Edward Hallowell and John Ratey Delivered from Distraction To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Part two of three in the series about executive functions and how the brain works differently with ADHD from Ari Tuckman’s workbook Understand Your Brain Get More Done. In this episode, I focus on Working Memory, Prospective Memory, and how ADHDers experience Time. I offer some tricks that help you manage your differently wired brain, so you remember (hopefully) and get places on time (lawd willing). Tune in to hear about the non-working key fob and other funny stories about life with ADHD. Links: Time-Timer Flip Timer Timeular Ari Tuckman Understand Your Brain Get More Done Edward Hallowell and John Ratey Delivered from Distraction To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Denslow is the leader and quite possibly the pillar of coaching for organizers. Denslow realized that while she could help people get organized, if they haven’t learned the habits to maintain it, they just end up frustrated and disorganized again. Coaching filled this gap. Real change comes from the opportunity behind the thought of I need to get organized. So many of our organizing and productivity clients have ADHD or are incredibly stressed. Denslow and I talk about women and ADHD – how it shows up differently and how girls get lost because they don’t cause as many problems in the classroom. ADHD may be showing up as anxiety in your teen girl. You won’t want to miss Denslow’s take on the newest research from Russell Barkley on ADHD and life expectancy. Denslow Brown, CPO, CPO-CD, ICD Master Trainer, MCC After 20 years as a professional organizer (working on-site in homes, home offices and businesses), Denslow went on a search for a method to support the belief and behavior changes her clients desired (not just changes to their environments). She found the answer in coaching, eventually earning a Master Certified Coach credential (ICF); she became a coach for adults with ADHD and a mentor coach for professionals in the fields her work intersects with (organizing, productivity, ADHD, and coaching). In 2006, she founded Coach Approach Training / Institute for Applied Coaching to train and develop coaching expertise in professionals whose expertise is in ADHD, productivity, and/or organizing. CAT/IAC is an ICF-accredited coach training program, offering eight coaching credentials. To Learn More About Denslow: website: www.organizercoach.com Email: Denslow@organizercoach.com To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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ADHD in adulthood is about figuring out how to do the right thing at the right time. We find it hard to manage the details of daily life and we are very in the moment. Add in the stress of this insta-life we live now and you can imagine what it’s like for the bright, shiny object syndrome brain. The power is in the pause. And that’s very hard for the ADHD brain. But if we can build in that brief pause to consider our next right step, our work and life would be much easier. That’s response inhibition. We need to start by stopping. Tune in for ways we can place this pause in to our day so that we can work more efficiently and harness the superpowers of our differently wired brains. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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In this short and sweet episode, I share the story of how my chemo brain revealed my ADHD. It’s ADHD Awareness Month and it was my 6 year cancerfreeversary Oct 6th. The episodes this month will be focused on ADHD, executive function, and the brain. I reveal those old school report cards that screamed ADHD but nobody knew to look for it because I was born in the dinosaur age. Just kidding… Tune in for why I believe my cancer journey and my ADHD are a gift. And how you can make your challenges a gift too. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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I asked Dan Berman to share a story from his time in ad sales at Oprah Winfrey Network. He was influenced by her leadership. So we kick off our interview with the importance of authenticity in leadership. We then discuss sales and how there is no selling in sales. It’s all about the connection and the mutual win. It’s not about what you sell and it’s all about who you are. Find out why the key to coaching comes from the Eagles: “So often times it happens that we live our life in chains. And we never even know we have the key.” Bottom line whether it’s sales or leadership or coaching, it’s all about listening and caring about others. About Dan Berman Helping others become better versions of themselves has always been a passion of mine. In my coaching practice, I utilize intuition, empathetic listening, insight and humor to effectively build trusting relationships and bring about actionable solutions for my clients – both individuals and executives within organizations especially during periods of challenging transitions and change. Combining my corporates sales leadership experience and acquired coaching tools and expertise from a rigorous certified professional coaching training program, I advise my clients on identifying, clarifying and achieving their goals and understanding key obstacles and limitations that get in the way. My goal is nothing less than actionable solutions for my clients which allow them to move forward more satisfied and more effectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jen Liddy left her high school teaching career to avoid a life doomed by grading crappy 9th grade essays. In 2013, she made a terrifying leap into entrepreneurship & learned everything the hard way! Now, as a Content Creation Specialist, she helps people harness their voice & improve their writing - without ever having to read another tortured Romeo & Juliet essay! Jen helps personal brands get out of content marketing hell by teaching strategies that ease-ify , simplify, and actually make content FUN! As one client said, “Jen takes the ‘ugh’ out of content creation.” Free Offer: https://www.jenliddy.com/plan Website: https://www.jenliddy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, I tell my chemo brain and ADHD story. The why of learning everything I could about differently wired brains. I explain ADHD coaching – what it is, what the benefits are, and how it’s different from therapy or consulting. I wrap up with why I’m passionate about helping other people who have 50 tabs open in their brain at any given time get the focus they need to succeed in business and in life. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My guest today, Dave Quinn, and I start with why he’s super and the importance of how we show up in the world each day. We talk about how Dave has designed his life as an entrepreneur to be able to drive his kids to school. Dave explains how he and his partners work together with their network to bring great projects to Texas. He also explains that what he’s really connecting are people not just projects, businesses, buildings. He highlights the people of Texas on his two podcasts. You won’t want to miss this because Dave really IS super! Bio "Super" Dave Quinn, CEcD, is the managing partner of Day One Experts and the Texas Economic Development Connection founder. He and his team are now on a mission to help reduce the cost and stress business owners face when relocating or expanding into Texas. By connecting business owners with professional economic developers from across the state, the Texas EDConnecton gives business owners access to the resources needed to help minimize the impact on their bottom line. D1 Experts Dave Quinn Getting Neighborly podcast Gone to Texas podcast To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Carlyn Marron explains space clearing and emotional clearing and how she can help you get unstuck by clearing the stuff in your home (or office). Clutter holds energy. The longer it sits, the harder it is to move it. We talk about the mindset shift around letting things go and sending them to new homes. Carlyn describes the shift she made to including organization as a group program. She wraps up all of her knowledge of clearing into this. If there’s something going on outside of you then there’s something going on inside of you. Tune in to hear about how the why is mission critical to actually getting organized and creating new habits. About Carlyn Marron is an energy and sound healer, space clearer and clutter coach. She has had an energy practice in Des Moines, Iowa since 2013 helping people release the energetic, emotional, mental and physical blockages that are preventing them from living their best lives. Her innovative clutter coaching programs combine decluttering advice with Feng Shui, space clearing and emotional clearing, releasing the emotional and energetic blocks that frequently prevent people from decluttering. She is currently writing a book about her decluttering process. carlynmarron.com To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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In my first ever ask me anything podcast, I answer 4 questions. First, I talk about how you manage being a super busy person whether you have ADHD or not. I explain executive function and the words you can find in your childhood report cards to get a sense of if you have ADHD or other brain based challenges. Second, I help you with a few skills to help you finish a project without getting sidetracked. I also explain intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation. Third, I explain how digital clutter can be even more challenging than paper clutter and when it’s best to use a scanner to keep your paper files. Finally, I explain why it’s important to take a break. In this case, I’m taking the month of August off from the podcast. Can’t wait to see all of you again in September! To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leah explains how her background in teaching influences her leadership. Leah does theatre in her free time. We talk about how we can become better leaders because of our variety of experiences. The starting point of difficult conversations is about being in our story. Maybe we felt we didn’t get the validation we needed as kids either at home or in our education. We need to address the deep roots of the other person’s story so they can feel heard. That’s where the real connection happens. Leah contends that when we gently have those difficult conversations, our connections can grow even stronger. Rest is part of productivity. I agree and Leah will tell us why it works for her. Tune in because it’s possible that Leah even breaks out into song. About Leah Zimmerman Leah Zimmerman started paying attention to how people communicate when she was as a child, and as an adult has continuously sought to be the adult she had wanted for herself and to help others to grow into themselves as well. She blends a background in education, theater and leadership to help people feel heard, communicate in difficult conversations and grow into the personal power and leadership needed to live a fulfilling life. Links: https://steppingstoolcoaching.com/4-steps-to-reduce-stress/ To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kevin starts with how asking the questions and simplifying the complex helps the brand experience. He goes deep to what your client cares most about not just the cursory pat ad promises. We talk about music and sound’s impact on people’s feelings. And about the neuroscience study, Kevin co-created about people’s behavior around a variety of sounds. We discuss how companies have the opportunity to create brand experiences that are based on emotional insight. Kevin explains how limbic sparks are the moment when emotional motivation meets brand desire. And we wrap with keeping work life balance as a small business owner. About Kevin Perlmutter Kevin Perlmutter is brand and customer experience strategist - Chief Strategist & Founder of Limbic Brand Evolution. Limbic is a brand consultancy specializing in understanding emotional motivations and applying behavioral science. Kevin helps Brand and Business Leaders answer the question: "Why should people care about your brand?" and turns emotional insight into a competitive advantage. His work focuses brand strategy and is immediately actionable, to guide evolved messaging, experiences and offerings to increase brand desire, engagement and loyalty. Limbic Brand Evolution Podcast: Let’s Talk Limbic Sparks To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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I let the 100th episode slip by with little fanfare and opted to celebrate our 101st episode instead. We recorded this on Father’s Day and today is Bill Johnston’s birthday. What’s the connection? Well, he’s my dad. He’s one of the most productive people I know, even in retirement. Bill will be quick to let you know that he had a corporate secretary that oversaw his work life. And a wife who held down the entire home front. We talk about why having a support team is mission critical to productivity. No surprise – we discuss the financial markets and the current economy at length. Bill and I reminisce with some fun stories about the NYSE trading floor back in the day. We wrap up with the many lessons my dad taught me from the importance of education to integrity and the honor system. About Bill Johnston was president and chief operating officer of the New York Stock Exchange from 1996 to 2001. Now retired, he is the President of the Resident's Association at Plymouth Harbor and sits on the corporate board as well. He also serves on the boards of the Sarasota Institute, a 21st C think tank, and the Boxser Diversity Initiative. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University, where he has remained active and is an emeritus trustee. He also served on the board of Hollins University in Virginia and was chair of both New College of Florida and Visible Men Academy in East Bradenton. Married for nearly 59 years, Bill has 2 children and 2 granddaughters. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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In this third of our 3 part mini series on uncluttering your office, Catherine takes you through decluttering the rest of your office. She mentions clearing out books and permission to give them away. She suggests you get rid of excess office supplies, broken pens, old tech, manuals, and those endless random cords. She takes you through how to set up stations in our office space – different areas for different types of work. For example, you might have different areas for sorting your mail or client invoicing. Finally Catherine explains the Magic 6™ and how it can help you get your desk space organized for productive work. This is our second mini series. The first was in March. What do you think of mini series? Would you like more? Which subject would you like Catherine to address? Email us at support@productivitybydesign.com © Productive Environment Institute All Trademarks & Registrations are property of Barbara Hemphill To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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In this second of our 3 part mini series on uncluttering your office, Catherine starts with the most important questions you should ask as you begin to declutter the papers in your office. She reveals the difference between filers and pilers. Finally, she explains how to declutter your paperwork using the File-Act-Toss System™ and The Art of Wastebasketry® (both learned from her training as a Certified Productive Environment Specialist). © Productive Environment Institute All Trademarks & Registrations are property of Barbara Hemphill To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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In this first of a 3 part mini series on uncluttering your office, Catherine explains why we keep stuff and how some items can drain our energy. If you have ADHD or another brain based challenge, you’ll especially appreciate how clutter can mess with our focus. She takes us through the benefits of decluttering and organizing your office. And she describes how and why you start with determining your vision before throwing out the first piece of paper. Tune in to find out what is good enough when it comes to an organized office. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Who doesn’t want to save the world from death-by-meetings? I’m in. Today’s guest, Josh Little, describes his solutions for in person and Zoom meetings. We talk about the importance of connection particularly that crucial visual component which we can help mitigate with video. We take a journey through conversation - how we talk to one another, what happens in the pause, and of course using the almighty edit button. Then make our way back to conversation and meetings from an introvert, extrovert, and ADHD perspective. Tune in to find out why we discuss pickles, which offer an entirely different twist on connection. About Josh Josh Little is the founder of four tech companies – Maestro, Bloomfire, Qzzr and Volley - that have collectively been used by hundreds of millions of people. His work has been featured in Tech Crunch, Mashable, Entrepreneur Inc, and Forbes. With two successful exits and a third pending, he’s currently on a mission to save the world from death-by-meetings with his fourth creation Volley. Josh Little Volley App To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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In this solo episode, I talk about shifting your language from saying “have to” to “get to” and why this changes everything. I describe how I learned this lesson from cancer. I share how I managed my life at a time when life became unmanageable. And how there were many opportunities for deep gratitude. I also explain what my official ADHD combined type diagnosis looks like for me. Finally, tune in as I explain the Productivity Power Hour and the Pomodoro Method and why it works so well for my clients. Accountability is a big part of it. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Danielle’s childhood story will rock your world. Despite childhood learning challenges, because of that one teacher, Mrs Donovan, she’s now running multiple businesses. We talk about the ADHD ability to hyperfocus and how we can use it as our superpower. And about why we often end up as entrepreneurs and how important it is to have accountability. Danielle gives several examples of Micro Routines which are so much more manageable and won’t suck your creativity dry. She describes how important it is to plan your plan, so you know where your time goes. Tune in for Danielle’s favorite planner and her favorite productivity tricks. About Danielle Ralston – Danielle Ralston, is the Rockstar CEO. She is a neuro-divergent entrepreneur, and partners with other neuro-divergents to uncover their best selves. Whether you have autism, a brain injury, bipolar disorder, dyslexia, ADHD, or anything else that causes you to experience the world in a different way. You are her tribe. She is the HOW coach. Giving you specific, actionable steps that will change your life. Together, we will create a plan with every step and system in place to make your life functional and efficient, so you RISE STRONG and BECOME LIMITLESS. The Rock Star CEO Neurodivergentbossgirls.com – membership group To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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We start with Ben’s how he got here now story. He’s changing the model on traditional roles of theatre. Ben states that improv is a conversation. It doesn’t matter what you say. Ben recounts a few improv scenarios. And he explains why improv beats traditional role play for helping corporate groups empower their people. It’s all about helping people feel safe to feel their feelings. You won’t want to miss this incredibly lively conversation as we talk about what it means to have deep connections with one another. About Benjamin Lloyd – Benjamin Lloyd is the Executive Director of Bright Invention, which uses improvisation to empower people and organizations to unlock their potential. He created their innovative learning & development program called Creative Corporate Training which uses scenarios performed by actors to help companies solve "people” problems. He is a graduate of Yale College and the Yale School of Drama. Bright Invention To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Meshell is one of the most savvy sales collaborators I know. She shares her gems of wisdom on conscious entrepreneurship. Many entrepreneurs want to do more in their business than just make money. We talk about the mindset required to sell with trust and Meshell introduces her concept of contagious confidence. And we tackle the ebb and flow of the small business pipeline. How we as entrepreneurs continue to sell when we’re busy serving our clients. We wrap with the energy of money, integrity and the importance of getting testimonials and how to ask your clients for them. Link: Shift/Co About Meshell Baker – Meshell Baker is an Award-Winning International Keynote Speaker, Sales Confidence Igniter, Authentic Selling Zealot, and Co-Founder of Shift/Co Global a Business Growth Community for Conscious Entrepreneurs. Meshell along with her team specializes in training conscious business and sales leaders to inspire buyers' emotional connections to their products and offerings. Meshell is an amazing gift of clarity, renowned for her no-nonsense unique approach to sales success is scientifically supported to create intentional behavior changes that deliver contagious confidence. Meshell Baker meshell@meshellbaker.com and reference the podcast please To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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I brought a poet on to the podcast! Which has absolutely nothing to do with productivity but it’s my podcast soooo. I love poetry and John’s poems are my latest obsession. I HAD to share his brilliance. We run the gamut from our favorite poets to empathy to tipping points to every day miracles and living a yes and life even in a pandemic. Buckle up and enjoy the ride. Links: Hey God Hey John by John Roedel Kaitlin Shetler Every Word You Cannot Say by Iain Thomas About John Roedel - John Roedel is a comic, poet and storyteller from Wyoming who did what any middle-aged man does when he starts to fall apart: He started talking to "God" on Facebook, became obsessed with poetry and found a way to turn his tear drops into art. John Roedel To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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We start with Richard’s belief in Authencious automation. How does one automate without losing that authentic connection? You don’t want your automation to be a negative for your customer, so you need to be conscious in your choices. Riched started by building Messenger Bots and then expanded. He talks about the wins and the challenges in building a business. Then he explains how automation can work with me and my business challenge as a guinea pig – lucky you! We discuss the importance of setting expectations with our clients and how it’s even more important in the automation process. We wrap with Richard’s favorite productivity tool which surprisingly doesn’t include any technology at all! About Richard Schnitzel - Richard owns and operates a done-for-you automation company helping 6 figure entrepreneurs build the automation they need to scale their business to 7 figures and beyond. He believes automation doesn’t have to be a dirty word and created the concept of “Authencious” Automation to help entrepreneurs level up their business through the power of technology. An engineer, nerd, and a husband to a English/Theater major he excels at having technical conversations when tech makes your head hurt. A skill Richard uses to guide entrepreneurs through the process of automating their business in positive and impactful ways. Bow Tie Bots Connect with Richard
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JimiBeth explains how she coaches corporate teams to leadership in exercises with horses. Her approach is strengths based and focused on building trust. We talk about how you can experience the same office dynamics even on Zoom. We discuss how the pandemic caused a shift in her business. And how because working with horses is an outdoor activity you can still do these team building exercises in the pandemic. We wrap up with the importance of in-person connection and the transitions we anticipate occurring as we slowly return to work as usual or new usual. Links: StrengthsFinder by Tom Rath About JimiBeth Myers – Former professional rodeo performer turned New York City Marketing Head, JimiBeth Myers is a leadership coach helping leaders get promoted while creating happy productive teams. She uses horses as one of the tools to help leaders and their teams connect, successfully influence others to get more done with greater ease – all while getting their nights and weekends back. Jimibeth
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My guest today, Courtney, describes herself as a digital nomad. She was running a virtual business long before the pandemic and could travel and work from anywhere. We delve into how life has changed for all of us during the pandemic - how we created micro adventures to fill in the gaps and learned to enjoy a slower pace. We talk about marketing and how Courtney’s best ideas come while she’s on the bike. Trying to figure out a thorny challenge? Get out of your mind and into your body. Take a walk, ride a bike, do some yoga and see what happens. We wrap up with our executive function challenges and how we schedule our time to accommodate our best parts of the day. About Courtney Biehl Courtney has been working with small businesses in marketing for over 13 years. During that time, she has guided experts find the right words and platforms to attract their best customers. She gets her best ideas from the bicycle, In 2020, Courtney made it LLC official and launched Ciclista Marketing, specializing in entrepreneurial and small business marketing. Ciclista Marketing Instagram: @bebalancedbewell
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You’re probably wondering how what you wear and decluttering your closet relate to productivity. Joseph unravels the mystery in this episode. Joseph helps executive get made, paid and even laid. We talk all about his process which does not even start in your closet. He gets to know you inside and out – what drives you, how your coloring influences your clothing choices, and what archetype you are. Hint – your archetype is about how you want to show up in the world. This is a bit longer than my usual interview because Joseph is so much fun and we just weren’t going to leave the closet. Join us for Joseph’s brilliance and get a chance to hear which archetypes I represented during our interview. About Joseph Rosenfeld Clients see Joseph as a trusted adviser and confidant as he guides them to transform their personal brand and style. Joseph’s comprehensive consulting engagements allow clients to maintain their focus while he does most of the work behind the scenes. He makes it easy for clients to connect their strengths to their image, and step into their best presence. Joseph takes intelligent individuals and shows them how to look confident on the outside who they are on the inside. JosephRosenfeld To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Technology is a blessing and a curse. It’s wonderful because we can all reach each other all of the time. And it’s a nightmare because we call reach each other ALL of the time. I’m calling this a digital detox but I’m not telling you to throw out your phone and live in a cabin in the woods. Though the introvert in me likes occasional trips far, far away from the madding crowd. Learn some simple and realistic strategies to reduce your time in the magical land of social media. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you’re wondering why your well has run dry (time for you), you may not know how to set boundaries around your time. Your power comes from the pause. Learn how to set boundaries by using your calendar for you. Set time for yourself on your calendar every day and honor that appointment like you would one for anyone else. Tune in to hear self care ideas to put in your calendar so you can be your best self. With a full well you’ll be able to give to others again. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Overwhelmed, need 27 hours in the day. Your time management problems are not just about how you use your time. I’ll let you in on the secret. Learn why procrastination isn’t always bad and how to use a time tracker to determine your best times of the day. Tune in to hear quick and easy strategies to plan your calendar. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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The average employee spends out about 1/5 of their work time searching for papers. In part 3 of the Mini Series, I take you through a super easy system to declutter the papers on your desk, your chair, your floor… Well you get the idea. Tune in to learn how F-A-T, the circular filing system, and the Art of Wastebasketry® will help you get organized. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. The Art of Wastebasketry® is a registered trademark of Barbara Hemphill.
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In part 2 of the Mini Series, I take you through how to set up your office to be a productive environment, especially if you are working in a home office. Working from home has its own set of challenges – home schooling kids who always want snacks, packages being delivered during a recording, the inevitable dog or cat interruption during an important Zoom meeting (though they are super cute!). Tune in to learn how to minimize the distractions. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Today, I start with how you set your vision for your life or a specific project. Before you set out on a trip, you set your destination. Then you plot the route on a map. Setting your vision is similar. I take you through the exact process I use to set my vision before I get into the planning of any project. This Mini Series is 6 bite sized trainings with actionable strategies to unclutter your office space, time and information. These are just a few of the pointers I offer in my From Fog to Focus coaching program. I decided to offer this series to honor the one year anniversary of the global pandemic. Even after a year of working from home, so many people are still struggling with balancing it all. Or they’ve returned to the office and even the simplest tasks of our day to day work has changed. I’d love to know what has helped you most in this mini series. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I asked my guest, Lisa Zawrotny, to talk about balancing the many roles that we face in the sandwich generation. She speaks to the important of taking a break in transition. While clearing physical clutter is important, the work of healing emotional clutter is even more so. We talk about the mindset it takes to let things go especially when we think (know – hah!) we’re right. We delve into the effects of chronic stress and the pandemic. And how we create systems that honor our thresholds. We wrap with a discussion of the importance of breathing when we’re in those stress filled moments and the power of the pause. Links: Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine About Lisa Zawrotny founded Positively Productive Systems after a deeply overwhelming time in her own life juggling multiple roles as a caregiver, wife, mother, and business owner. Her path to healing using value-based decluttering and customized systems was so profound she knew she had to share it with others. Now as a Certified Stress Management & Productivity Coach and host of the Positively Living Podcast she helps multi-passionate entrepreneurs and multi-tasking caregivers make space for what matters in life. Website: Positively Productive Podcast: Positively Living To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Kat Sturtz lives up to her nickname with her nine lives. She has been there and done that. Now she wraps up all of her years of brilliance to help primarily work from home entrepreneurs thrive. We start with Kat’s Triple A approach to any project in business which is simply adopt, adapt and adjust. Then we delve into how sometimes we can use our procrastination to free up our minds. Finally, Kat offers us a few easy to implement pointers on managing desk clutter. Links: Bob Burg Mailstrom About – Kat’s nickname suits her well. She can be very finicky, has used up several of my nine lives (including being medically revived three times and spending time in a coma), and loves catnaps. As a business life mentor and The Purgatory Relief Coach for People Who Think Marketing is Hell, Kat now works primarily with home-based solopreneurs who are temporarily stumped, stuck, or stalled. She’s the owner and founder of 56 Vibes Services, Rocking Your Path, and You Can Cuisine with my retired chef husband ... and also the host of Fast Action Fridays interview series first started way back in April 1st 2014. Kat has an eclectic business background that includes farming, restaurant/hospitality management, advertising sales, journalism, publishing, as well as business consulting and marketing services for a wide variety of small businesses and non-profit organizations, going back to 1971. Rocking Your Path Contact Kat To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I asked Clara to join me on the podcast because she had a life changing experience in taking a weekend off. This doesn’t sound like a big deal, but when you’re a military spouse with a couple of kids, you’ve just moved into a hotel in a brand new country, your parents are moving and ALL THE THINGS plus a pandemic, taking a weekend off is a major deal. We talk about the resistance we feel as parents to get time away followed by the surrender and the release. And that monkey brain chatter that happens when we have nothing planned and nothing to do. Yet it’s so important to unplug, to be a human BEing not a human doing. But when we rest, the kind where you get bored, it’s transformational. About Clara Goldberg-Freeman Clara has been a military spouse for over 16 years, mother to an 11 year-old girl, and a 13 year-old boy. Two years ago, combining all her life experiences and professional background, Clara started her own business, Clara Mei Consulting. She is a certified life coach and group facilitator who is committed to guiding women craving to go from their safe life or safe job to their Soul life or Soul job (whether in the office or at home). She also has a masters in public health with a focus on behavioral sciences and health education. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My guest, Leo Tumwattana, talks to us today about hyper-scheduling and why it works better than just having a to do list. With a to do list, you don’t have a time commitment for making that action item happen. When Leo couldn’t find a project/time management tool that met his needs, he created his own, Sorted. One of the things I most admire about Leo is that he incorporates features his users suggest into the app, such as a grocery list (love this!) and emojis. We discuss how using a project management tool helps you see where you’re spending your time and when you’re most efficient. Leo is a night owl. I’m an early bird. We wrap up with how hyper scheduling can help the ADHD brain, reduce your stress levels, and free up time you can spend with your family and friends. Note: Productivity by Design (and the Uncluttered Office) is not an Affiliate of Sorted and has not been an Affiliate during the three months prior to the date hereof. Links: Get Things Done by David Allen Eisenhower Matrix on my podcast Eisenhower Matrix Daily Task and Project Planning Notepad by Daily Ritmo The Pomodoro Technique by Francesco Cirillo Time Timer About - Leo Tumwattana is the Co-Founder of Sorted. His undergrad is in Computer Engineering (University of Toronto) and he has an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He joined Louis Vuitton to explore corporate side of things. Then went back to his first love, coding. He did a few app start up ideas while also working on Sorted as a personal project. He found a trusted teammate and co-founder in Harry, which helped kept Sorted alive when his wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Sorted Twitter: @sortedHQ To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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While I love systems and processes, Zach Fisk is a technology genius. We talk processes with me providing the overview and Zach explaining his favorite technology to fill in the gaps. Zach uses a combination of Google Tasks and Notion to get his tasks done. Zach reviews a whole host of the tools within Google Suite and how he uses them to balance his work and fun. You won’t want to miss the many ways you can keep up with your contact list and the importance of themes. Links: Atomic Habits Jacquie Lawson e-cards Bob Burg Cards About – Zachary Fisk is a technologist, productivity tool enthusiast, and nature advocate. He recently launched ZNFConsulting to assist non-tech savvy small business operators to integrate technology into their workflows. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking and practicing mobile photography and desktop editing. ZNF Consulting To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Dan Paulson and I start our conversation about systems with our why. So we can spend time with our families. Ideally, in beautiful places not just home. For Dan, that’s a home on the Lake of the Ozarks. Dan lives in Wisconsin so a trip to the lake in winter is a true reprieve. We talk about the benefits of working online, even though we both miss in person meetings. Dan tells the story of how he learned his work ethic and then how he had to unlearn it by putting boundaries, automation, and systems in place so that he can enjoy his family. Of course, we explain several of these – time blocking, automated scheduling, scheduled emails, reusing content, and project management apps. About – Dan Paulson helps business owners build growing, sustainable organizations. His superpower is to teach leaders how to get out of their own way by building strong teams and systems to achieve improved results. Links: LinkedIn Free One Page Plan: heydanwhatsnext.com. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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My guest AnneMarie shares her brilliance on how entrepreneurs with ADHD battle the beast of procrastination. She shares her three best strategies: break down into small manageable tasks, put on your favorite music, create a daily to do list. Checking off a to do list gives that dopamine rush, we ADHDers love. AnneMarie busts the horrible stories we tell ourselves about our procrastinationshares her Content Bible, and helps you beat the procrastination blues. About - AnneMarie Vaughan is from Nova Scotia, Canada. She is a new entrepreneur and coach to other female entrepreneurs who have ADHD and are looking to gain clarity on their ideal path. She has struggled with procrastination time and time again and has successfully been able to reframe it to a more positive experience and become more productive in the process. Links: AnneMarie Vaughan High Vibe Mindset Tribe To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We’ve had our first quarantine at Casa Avery. I explain how our habits, created when I went through cancer, have helped us weather the 10 solitary days. I explain why I think tiny habit shifts are more effective than setting New Year’s resolutions. Did you know that most people have quit on their resolutions by Jan 12th? I talk about my latest habit shift, reading a chapter of a business book each morning, starting with James Clear’s Atomic Habits. The irony is rich, no? You’ll want to tune in to hear the three small habit shifts you can make today in your work space, time, and information. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Jennifer Bronsnick and I start with Human Design – what is it and why does it matter? We use me as an example of a Manifesting Generator, but don’t worry Jennifer teaches us about all five profiles. Human Design is about how we use our energy. We need to get out of our brains and into our bodies to make those decisions. Think about the times you came up with your best ideas. I’m guessing they weren’t all while you were sitting at your desk. We discuss how to manage flexibility in your life whether that’s in your work or your family. And we wrap up with Jennifer’s favorite productivity tool HeartMath which helps you with your alignment. And we could all use more alignment in this pandemic! Links HeartMath Understanding Human Design About: Jennifer Bronsnick is on a mission to empower women to heal from burnout, manage anxiety and become more resilient. She is committed to challenging the belief that the only way to heal from a mental health issue is through psychotherapy and medications. Jennifer believes that everyone's experience of anxiety is unique and the solution should be customized to the client’s needs and desires.’ Jenniferbronsnick.com To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Linda Holt is one the most brilliant people I know. She’s an interior designer and a photographer. She has combined these two loves into teaching interior designers how to photograph their spaces with an iPhone. We start by talking about how we met and then why to invest in a really great smartphone. When I considered how much a camera cost, add up the cost of film back in the day, and realized that my iPhone could now replace my big heavy DSLR, it became a no brainer. Fact is if you’re a small business owner, not just designers you need to take great photos. But you also need to be productive about how you get your work out on to social media, so have a system. We also discuss watermarks, copyright, and lighting. We even foray into Swedish death decluttering. If that doesn’t make you want to tune in, what will? About Linda Holt is a Boston based certified color and interior decorating consultant who guides homeowners to decorate their own homes and a former professional photographer who teaches smartphone photography. Linda Holt Creative iPhone Photography for Interior Designers To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Jennifer Sherwood and I delve deep into how to live life intentionally even, or maybe especially, in the midst of a pandemic. We’ll tell you why New Year’s Intentions fail and how to choose a word of the year. Jennifer shares her story of celebrating her 50th birthday in a fun way that was nothing at all like she expected. We can still celebrate even if it’s different. We also focus on what it means to live from appreciation instead of gratitude. And how maybe appreciation is a little easier than feeling grateful when the world is super crazy right now. We wrap it all up in a bow with the ShiFtshow. I’m still figuring out what that means myself, but tune in because it’s a super cool divine download moment. About Jennifer Sherwood works with women who are overwhelmed, feel pulled between work and home, rarely make time for themselves and worry that this is as good as it gets. She helps them move themselves up on the priority list so can build a life they LOVE, not just tolerate. Jen has a master’s degree in Audiology (aka hearing science) with a previous career focus in pediatrics-which means she knows a thing or two about working with women and families in times of stress or uncertainty. Jennifer Sherwood Jennifer’s Shine Program To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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This year is my five year cancer free anniversary. When I was diagnosed, we realized that the holidays were going to be very different for us. And in that were many gifts. In this episode, I explain the great lie of December and how we chose to set intentions for the holiday season that best support us as a family. I’ll take you through my simple KYSS process – keep your sanity silly. I love the dichotomy of sanity and silly, but they all work together I promise! To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. We’ve been fed a lie. What I call the great lie of December or Ghost of Christmas Past Hallmark movies, Keep your sanity silly Keep In order to know what we want to keep, we have to let things go. Release Expectations Set Boundaries – overgiving, acting out of obligation Set intentions Your How can you take care of you? Making space for yourself. Spa/salon Quiet morning coffee before everyone is up. Yoga, meditation, exercise Get outside! Sanity When you let things go and you take care of yourself, you’re already on the way to sanity. Simplicity Brunch instead of dinner Hire high school kid to wrap presents Silly I love the juxtaposition of sanity and silly Silly is about having fun. A friend of mine loves to have hot chocolate. Did you notice chocolate bombs are all the rage this year? That’s because they’re FUN! You can redefine fun as an adult. Story Make a list of ways you have fun.
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Today’s guest, Dave Pelland, and I talk not only about creating content, but also setting a goal, creating a plan, and then executing all of the back end pieces to put your content out there. Dave and I dissect some of my favorite productivity aspects of his book “How to Plan a Content Marketing Project”, including recycling your content. We wrap it all up with the most overused business buzzword out there: authenticity. To write really well, it’s important to be yourself. Write in your voice and junk the jargon. About Dave Pelland works with services firms to help them build relationships by publishing content that supports their business goals. His latest book, How to Plan a Content Marketing Project, outlines a basic framework for publishing content efficiently. Dave Pelland To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Purchase her book, make a private life enrichment appointment or sign up for her monthly Newsletter on her Website: www.totalbalancelifechoice.com For brief Virtual stress reduction sessions, go to her Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuRLnMR6JI_NBTS9c5UNsLg Follow her on Instagram at Totalbalancelifechoice or Linked in at Theresa C. Crisci.
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Lou is so amazing that I just had to bring him back to share his latest and greatest in the world of video marketing. In this episode, we talk all about getting back to the basics in marketing, including the red velvet rope policy which just might be the most important of all. Lou gets real about the struggle of taking time away from his business and by time away, I mean in a cabin in the woods with, gasp, no technology. I call this being intentionally unproductive. And to really succeed as small business owners we need to completely unplug. In that time off, magic happened for Lou. He was open to possibilities and seeing his business through fresh eyes, which is how he teamed up with Dawn Doherty to create Digibrand. Tune in for video and marketing gems galore. Links: Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port Marketing Made Simple by Donald Miller Getaway About Lou Lou is the video godfather. We're not exactly sure why. And frankly, we're a little afraid to ask. What we do know is that Lou Bortone has been a pioneer and thought leader in the video space since the launch of YouTube in 2005. He has helped thousands of entrepreneurs and companies create and leverage online video to build their brands and dramatically grow their revenues. Digibrand: Done for You Video LouBortone To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Today my guest, Jeannie Spiro, and I focus on shifting when your business model is entirely in person and the world is hit with a pandemic. Jeannie’s model for attracting clients has always been in person speaking. I’ve heard her speak several times and attended her 3 day event. Rather than pull the covers over her head, Jeannie used her usual laser focus to determine the next best way, that is in alignment with who she is, to market her business. Jeannie is on a mission to teach midlife women entrepreneurs how to have a lifestyle business. Too often, myself included, we jump into entrepreneurship thinking that it will be so much easier. Then we get so busy servicing our clients, we forget that flexibility and free time was our entrepreneurial goal. We wrap up with a discussion about being deliberate with how you invest your money and your time so that you can have the business and life you deserve. Links: The Midlife CEO podcast Artful Agenda About Jeannie Spiro: Jeannie Spiro is a Business Strategist + Coach specializing in helping midlife women coaches and client-based business owners take their business to 6-figures and beyond. Having taken her failing coaching business to 6-figures in 12 months, Jeannie's passionate about helping other midlife women grow, monetize and scale their business at midlife. To learn more about Jeannie, check her out at jeanniespiro.com To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special Thanksgiving episode, Catherine shares her thoughts about gratitude in a time of pandemic. How can we dig deep to find the moments of joy and grace even when everything around us is going crazy. We are in charge of our feelings. We can choose to be miserable or we can choose to make the best of a difficult situation. We can build habits of gratitude that allow us to better weather tough times. Tune in to hear how the Lincoln Memorial has anything at all to do with this Thanksgiving. And how you can still have a good enough holiday season, if you just share your gifts. Links: James Clear’s Atomic Habits President Barack Obama’s A Promised Land To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My guest Tin and I discuss marketing from a “does it work” viewpoint. She explains how working with multinational companies means ensuring that the marketing appeals on a global level. We discuss communications and how small businesses jump straight to the end. But there are actually 6 things to think about first, so that you choose your platform effectively. We wrap up with our take on working from home as introverted entrepreneurs. And how setting goals, including self care, is more important than ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My guest, Theresa, shares her journey of how she went from giving massages in corporate America to shifting in this pandemic to sharing a message of authenticity and spirituality. Theresa and I talk about the importance of connection in the workplace and how we create that even when working from home. Her solution is virtual self-awareness and ritual sessions with mindfulness, stretching, and massage. We also talk about the power of pausing and the breath. When you’re stressed, focus on your breathing. We wrap up with some of my favorite parts of Theresa’s new book “From Stressed to Blessed”. To learn more about Theresa Crisci: Theresa Crisci is an entrepreneur, speaker, teacher, wellness professional and now an author. She has had her own Corporate Wellness Business since 1993, helping people reduce stress and live happier, more fulfilling lives. Her passion is to help people change the way they look at things so the things they look at will change. This process then grows into a way each individual can help themself grow and uncover the authentic being they came here to be. She is currently studying at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, on track to be an Interfaith Minister in July 2022. Total Life Balance “From Stressed to Blessed” purchase here On YouTube: Theresa Crisci To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Purchase her book, make a private life enrichment appointment or sign up for her monthly Newsletter on her Website: www.totalbalancelifechoice.com For brief Virtual stress reduction sessions, go to her Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuRLnMR6JI_NBTS9c5UNsLg Follow her on Instagram at Totalbalancelifechoice or Linked in at Theresa C. Crisci. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It was summer and I was burned out, something I had to give. And it wasn’t going to be me. So I took a pause from this podcast. I re-evaluated the processes. Were there inefficiencies I could fix to make the admin part of the podcast less stressful while continuing the joy of hosting? Yes! In this episode, I take you through what worked and what didn’t. I also lay out the strategies I’m using to now host an even better podcast! At the end I share a bit about my why. Hint – it has to do with the power of the pause and setting up systems in your business. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: Schedule a Call *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lynn Trotta and Catherine meander down the nature path. They discuss the importance of cultural repair, being in nature and connecting with others, the earth, and ourselves. Even a 5-10 minute practice of being present simply sitting outside and engaging all of your senses can restore your calm and re-center you. We aren’t robots. We aren’t designed for constant doing. Taking time to BE ensured you’re more productive throughout your day. About Lynn Trotta - Lynn Trotta is a certified life-coach and nature-based mentor. Her mission is to guide empathic lightworkers, out of the overwhelm and into peace and connection, by building a meaningful relationship with nature, ceremonies, and advocacy. After getting a degree in Biology, she dove headfirst into studying mentoring and cultural repair with a variety of teachers and elders. Lynn said good-bye to the usual career path and co-founded the Sagefire Institute with her husband, in 2005. She is now a Nature-Based Life Coach and leads transformational experiences. https://www.lynntrotta.com To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nyota and I march our way through the military and how her experiences there inform her adaptability coaching. Adaptability is especially important during a crisis and we’re all living through one now. We explored the dynamic between the masculine and the feminine, particularly as both of us spent many years primarily working with men, Nyota in the military and me in Wall Street in the nineties. We wrapped up with discussing “The Unraveling of Captain Gordon”, Nyota’s book that she wrote in 3 weeks. To learn more about Nyota Gordon: Nyota Gordon is a United States Army retiree with over 22 years of active federal service that uses her leadership skills as your Adaptability Coach and Leadership Strategist at Transition365. She helps high performing veterans and everyday people to conquer their Transitions by using their hard-earned skills to find significance, meaning, and purpose and become adaptive in their personal and professional lives and create new money through part-time entrepreneurship. With Nyota, you create a new life's mission that helps you get rid of limiting beliefs and replace them with powerful certainties. Facebook Group/Challenge Transition 365 The Unraveling of Captain Gordon To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Michelle Mercier joins Catherine Avery today on the podcast to discuss how much we hate the term work-life balance. Michelle calls this integration, which makes much more sense when you think of the wheel of life pie chart (link below). It all starts with knowing your values and then living into them. We bust the myth that being busy is being productive. Productivity comes from unplugging, from taking that quiet break for yourself away from the business. And how this is even more important in a time of a pandemic when we need to do all the things all the time. We wrap up with a sneak peek into the beauty that is Michelle’s brand new podcast The Resilient Entrepreneur. You have to check it out! To learn more about Michelle Mercier: Michelle Mercier is a Business Strategy Coach, the host of The Resilient Entrepreneur Podcast as well as the founder of the Surviving Entrepreneurship Community. She has 20+ years of corporate and professional experience. Michelle has worked with a wide range of different businesses – from nationally acclaimed non-profits to Fortune 500 corporations. She’s also a mom of two and married to her best friend in the world…she couldn’t do all this without him! Create Honesty The Resilient Entrepreneur Podcast Surviving Entrepreneurship Facebook Page Wheel of Life Assessment To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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My guest today, Dr Melissa Cioffi, has one of the best views on how we fuel our bodies. We discuss how there are no good or bad foods. It’s all about listening to your body to make the best decisions for you. Melissa gives us ideas about how we can get our exercise in with gyms closed and juggling daily life now that the kids are home. Tune in for a pep talk, a lot of body wisdom, and a little football from two raving Nittany Lion fans! About Melissa Cioffi Melissa Cioffi is a physical therapist serving women in NY and CT; she specializes in pelvic floor dysfunction, orthopedics, and general fitness. She is passionate about giving women the tools they need to reclaim their lives and demand what they deserve. Links Your New Quest WTF is the Pelvic Floor? Mindfully Fit & Fearless Journal Prompts To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today’s guest Deb Krier is not only an expert on LinkedIn but also a well-known podcaster and all around great networker. Deb and I discuss the importance of connection and authenticity in business. We’re not talking about letting it all hang out here nor are we advising smarmy in your face marketing. People do business with other people. They want to know a little something about you, something they can connect to. Deb takes us on her podcasting journey with the Business Power Hour on C Suite Radio. It’s clear she loves to learn about people as much as I do! I think that’s a podcasting thing. We wrap up with how our cancer journeys have shaped our response to the current pandemic. You won’t want to mis this fun twisting ride with my wonderful upbeat new friend. No doubt you’ll be inspired! About Deb Krier Deb Krier (pronounced crear) is president of Wise Women Communications, a full-service marketing and PR firm, but she specializes in social media. One of Deb’s passions is working with C-level professionals to help them create stellar LinkedIn profiles. She also hosts a bi-weekly podcast, The Business Power Hour, part of the C-Suite Network. Deb has an MS in Communications Management and an MBA in Business Management. Deb Krier The Business Power Hour podcast To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Candice and I start with our childhood reflections on our earliest sense of our intuition. Candice accesses her intuition to create heavenly meditations and to help entrepreneurs like me to release blocks and get to the heart of our business. Candice teaches us not only ways to meditate, but also how to set up your environment for your well-being. You won’t want to miss Candice lovely story around re-creating her home office. We wrap up by discussing how abundance can come in many forms not just money. And how when we clear space for flow, life becomes magical. About Candice Hozza Candice Hozza is a Spiritual Strategist and Business Intuitive, Founder of CandiceHozza.com and The Intuitive Business Podcast. Working with high performing heart-centered women business owners, she helps them align their mission to their money so they can develop a highly profitable soul-driven business. Using her expertise in utilizing intuition and the Quantum energy field she’s able to help women business owners release the blocks that are holding them back and gain clarity on the direction of their business so they can generate the money they desire while aligning to their truest mission. Candice Hozza To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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April Gregory is a marketing powerhouse. Her company isn’t called Wonder Woman for no reason! We open with a discussion of how we chose our company names to reflect our brands and how each discovered our life’s calling. Then April takes us through her personal branding process, You the Brand. We dive deep into how we can BE at a time when so many black indigenous people of color (BIPOC) need our voices. They key is to not ignore the elephant in the room. April teaches us not to be tone deaf to what’s happening in our world. For example, you can show people of color in your marketing materials. About April Gregory April Gregory is a Brand & Marketing Operations Strategist, Founder of Wonder Woman Marketing. Certified Digital Marketing Professional (CDMP), Certified High Impact Coach. Named Adweek's Most Influential Attendee. Loves God, Energy Medicine and family. Wonder Woman Marketing exists to bring power and harmony to your marketing operations. Function. People. Systems. Wonder Woman Marketing April Gregory Coaching To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Then Hans goes into depth as to where colleges are going to need to meet the true customer – the person who holds the checkbook – because for the first time in years, parents have the ability to negotiate the cost of college. You won’t want to miss discussions from mindset to college negotiations. To learn more about Hans Hanson – Hans Hanson is a long-time National College Advisor, working with parents, students, and athletes from around the country for getting college right. This includes getting on the right colleges, meeting the right people, and asking the right questions for winning admissions, earning scholarships, and saving thousands on college costs. College Clarity Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/collegeclarity/ College Logic: https://mycollegelogic.myshopify.com/ Links: The Inside Secrets to Playing College Sports To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Diann and I take you on our personal journeys through our ADHD. She gives us the brain science behind our every day hilarious moments. Learn why most females aren’t diagnosed with ADHD until they’re in menopause. It’s not that you’re 50 and suddenly going crazy. It’s that your tend and befriend hormone - estrogen - has left the building. Join us as Diann explains how you can use your speedy brain with grace and humor to get through those distracted moments. Diann Wingert is a life and business coach for creatives & entrepreneurs who identify with the strengths and struggles of ADHD/ADD traits, officially diagnosed or not. After her own mid-life diagnosis & learning everything she could about how ADHD/ ADD is expressed in women, Diann is on a mission to help other gifted, creative & entrepreneurial women achieve their true potential through radical self-acceptance, leveraging their strengths & creating an ADHD friendly business and life. Diann’s website is www.diannwingertcoaching.com and her brand new podcast for the driven, but distracted entrepreneur is called The Driven Woman and can be found on apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify. Links: The Female Brain by Louann Brizedine Faster Than Normal by Peter Shankman To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome new friend and my west coast doppelganger, Judy Dang, to a lively discussion about rewriting the rules on productivity. We dance through office design, organization, functionality, and lots of fun. Judy shares her unique buckets list and we talk about how a gratitude practice can boost your productivity. Most importantly, we explore what it means to be enough. You won’t want to miss Judy’s favorite time management app and huddle time. Join us. About Judy Dang Judy is all about helping clients get through the messy middle so they reach the finish line. Instead of starting 57 ideas and never finishing them, clients learn to cut through the noise and focus on priorities that drive business forward. Avid at Work To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Diane Jones is a public relations and communications pro, who explains the right way to do communications during this crisis. Diane teaches us how to break through all of the noise in the marketplace. The key is to know who your target audience is and what they need to hear and where they will hear it. Not every audience is on every platform. We discuss how there’s no amount of PR that can replace great customer service. But if a company makes a mistake, and mistakes do happen, then it’s the way the company fixes the mistake that leaves the lasting impression. Tune in for the good, the bad, and the ugly stories of the world of PR. About Diane Jones – Diane Jones is a 25-year veteran of public relations and marketing. She has worked for businesses, nonprofits, local governments and for agencies, so you could definitely say she has done it all. Diane specializes in working with local governments and nonprofits, but is also passionate about helping small businesses with their communication needs. She lives in Florida in the Tampa Bay area with her husband, son and two dogs. Links: http://www.djpublicrelations.com/ To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Catherine’s guest today is Nika Stewart of Streambank Media. Nika breaks down exactly what’s advisable with social media marketing at a time of crisis, especially that we need to know our audience before reaching out to them. Personal is better. She assures you that our customers still need things. And if we have in person jobs, we can figure out ways to offer those services virtually. Even if it’s hair products for a woman who doesn’t presently have hair! Come get your social media shine on with Nika. Bio Nika Stewart is CEO of Streambank Media, a full-service social media agency. She helps personality-driven brands grow their visibility and influence with Done-For-You social media programs. Learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Website Facebook LinkedIn Connect with Catherine *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today’s guest is Brynn Breuner, an unconventional brand strategist and wonderful friend. Brynn lives in Reno. Brynn speaks her truth unapologetically, which is why Catherine asked her to be on the show! Brynn and Catherine discuss how your “Why” is the essence of your brand. Then learn how you can take the power of your Why story to up level all aspects of your business. Brynn will use an experience she had with an orchestra to bring it all together. Tune in because a conversation with Brynn is absolutely magical. To learn more about Brynn Breuner - Brynn Breuner is an unconventional brand strategist for unconventional people. She brings 30+ years of visual design, branding, and wordsmithing to helping visionary leaders communicate “what they really do” with ease and impact. When you can describe it, you can sell it. http://www.mindsparkbranding.com/ Links: Start With Why by Simon Sinek To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A special note from your host, Catherine This series is all about how our well-being affects our productivity. If we don’t take care of ourselves first, we won’t be able to be truly productive. Considering the world is working from home, it’s more important than ever to put the oxygen mask on first. Rochester based marketing specialist, Tamara MacDuff is today’s special guest. Tamara is a Certified SCORE mentor and especially adept at all things small business. We start by discussing how you can access money during this challenge. And Tamara offers ideas of expenses you can cut now to help make ends meet. We share some non-icky marketing strategies so you can stay in business. Finally, we take an amazing left turn to bust stigmas, particularly around mental illness. Tamara is co-host of Roc Voices on Rochester Free Radio. Bio – Tamara helps businesses drive sales & become known in their industry using social media and content marketing strategies. Tamara can help you create your online presence from website user experience to your social profiles & content. Tamara takes a conversational approach to social media and content strategy and that has helped businesses start strong and grow. Tamara is a Certified SCORE Mentor and Founder, NOW Digital Marketing. Links: Now Digital Marketing Rochester Free Radio: Roc Voices show on Sundays at 4pm eastern Start With Why by Simon Sinek Codependent No More by Melody Beattie Smart but Stuck by Thomas Brown, PhD To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A special note from your host, Catherine This series is all about how our well-being affects our productivity. If we don’t take care of ourselves first, we won’t be able to be truly productive. Considering the world is working from home, it’s more important than ever to put the oxygen mask on first. This week’s guest is BodyMind Coach and dear friend, Lori Hoffer. Lori has been a massage therapist for over 20 years and helps people understand who they are in their body. Lori and I discuss how you can heal by getting in touch with your body. This time is one of a worldwide trauma and self-care is such a high priority now. We delve deep into the connection between our bodies and our minds and how our bodies can hold trauma. Releasing it is crucial. Join us for some massage for your mind and your soul! To learn more about Lori Hoffer - BodyMind Coach and Licensed Massage Therapist, Lori has been helping people awaken to and understand the language of their body for over 20 years. She uses intentional conversation and embodiment techniques to help you wake up the body/brain connection so you can ditch physical pain and stress patterns, give your overthinking brain a rest, tap into your heart, and embrace what it’s been aching to tell you while your head was dominating the conversation. She’s passionate about human connection and consent, has a wicked sense of humor, loves straight talk, and curses. A lot. Cloud 10 Massage Links: Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A Levine To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Catherine’s guest is Laura Prisc, a coach with a specialty in all things Human Resources. Laura and Catherine start with what it takes to upgrade our skills, especially at a time when the world is upside down. Instead of simply waiting for your company to offer you a course, we can take personal responsibility to learn the skills we enjoy that can take us to the next level. We don’t want to be tomorrow’s typing pool. They discuss StrengthsFinder, a research-based tool, that lets you know what you’re inherently great at and the areas where you don’t excel. Laura explains that you would never move your pitcher to second base because they need to get better at that position. Our success comes when we build on our strengths, instead of focusing on our weaknesses. Tune in for an amazing take on this unusual time and learn how we can become better people both in business and life. To learn more about Laura Prisc - Laura Prisc has a burning desire to awaken you so you may live a more creative, fulfilling, and satisfying life! For more than a decade, she has been recognized for her expertise in forming deep connections, creating a comfortable environment for growth, inspiring new ways of thinking, and synthesizing broad-ranging information in the areas of leadership development, personal growth, organizational culture, communication, team building, creative thinking, and employee engagement. LauraPrisc.com ConsciousLeadershipPartners.com Links: StrengthsFinder 2.0 To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *Productivity by Design (Avery Design LLC) is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A special note from your host, Catherine: This series is all about how our well-being affects our productivity. If we don’t take care of ourselves first, we won’t be able to be truly productive. Considering the world is working from home, it’s more important than ever to put the oxygen mask on first. Today, Catherine’s special guest is Ingrid Prueher, the founder of Ingrid Baby Sleep Whisperer™ and the creator of the Good Night Buddy child’s sleep clock. Ingrid and Catherine outline the ways in which you can ensure a good night’s sleep for you, your children and even your babies. The number one strategy is to remain calm. If you’re anxious and stressed, your family will pick up on it, even your pet, and then be afraid and clingy or act out. They talk about the importance of keeping schedules and a semblance of routine at a time when everything feels off, especially at bedtime. Finally, Ingrid explains the intersection of sleep, nutrition and exercise and how they affect not only your productivity but your well-being. To learn more about Ingrid Prueher - Ingrid Prueher, the founder of Ingrid Baby Sleep Whisperer™, is a bilingual Pediatric and Adult Sleep and Nutrition Consultant. She is also the creator of the Good Night Buddy child’s sleep clock. Ingrid Baby Sleep Whisperer - https://www.ingridbabysleepwhisperer.com/ Email: sleephelp@babysleepwhisperer.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ingridbabysleepwhisperer/ Links: Good Night Buddy by Sleep Whisperer Ingrid Prueher – All-in-one Sleep Training Solution Blue Light Blocking Glasses, 2 Pack Far Infrared Mini Heating Mat Pad with Amethyst and Tourmaline Crystal Radiant Heat Therapy Lighted Tip Pen, Glowseen 2-Pack Technical Pens Yoga Nidra by Sounds True To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A special note from your host, Catherine: This series is all about how our well-being affects our productivity. If we don’t take care of ourselves first, we won’t be able to be truly productive. Considering the world is working from home, it’s more important than ever to put the oxygen mask on first. This week’s guest is Jen Liddy, who is founder of The Idea Space and a content creation coach. She lives in a house that’s 115 years old and describes how they re-thought their home including using their underutilized dining room as a home office space that works for her and her family. Jen guides us on how to share content and continue to market our business in a time where pushy sales feels even more icky than usual. She suggests sharing content that helps and encourages people. People want to stay in touch. Jen offers lots of ideas for focusing on BEing not just DOing. Hear why you don’t have to Pinterest the apocalypse. It’s ok to be ok. To learn more about Jen Liddy – Jen Liddy is a teacher-turned-entrepreneur, who never believed she could run a business, much less be successful at it! She’s made all the mistakes & was burned out by her first business. That’s why now - as a business development coach - she’s committed to helping women learn how to grow their businesses in a realistic, do-able way! Her specialty is pulling ideas out of her clients’ heads - to turn the chaos into calm and give them a clear roadmap to get growing! https://www.jenliddy.com/ To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD
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A special note from your host, Catherine: This series is all about how our well-being affects our productivity. If we don’t take care of ourselves first, we won’t be able to be truly productive. Considering the world is working from home, it’s more important than ever to put the oxygen mask on first. Catherine’s guest, Veronica Cole, is a Holistic Psychotherapist who anxiety, depression, grief and loss. With the world suffering a traumatic event, COVID-19, they focus on the coping strategies you can use today to manage the emotional rollercoaster. From setting up a stress-free zone and creating a routine to healthy eating and exercise, Veronica offers slews of resources to help you stay healthy and keep your center. Tune in to this lively discussion to learn how to have more calm and less chaos in chaotic times. Hint – short meditation and gratitude practices are a great start. Bio – Veronica Cole is a Holistic Psychotherapist and Eating Psychology Coach. She specializes in anxiety, depression, grief and loss. Veronica has an extensive background in working internationally with the military addressing issues of combat related trauma, PTSD, deployment and reintegration issues. She provided support during 9/11 and numerous other crises and remains connected to the cause of alleviating trauma. Veronica has been in practice for over 30 years, she resides in the Saratoga Springs, New York area with her husband, daughter and delightful Maltese. You can find Veronica on LinkedIn Links: Calm App – meditations from your smartphone Calm Radio Chicken Soup for the Soul by Amy Newmark and Deborah Norville Field Goods: A home delivery service for fresh fruit and vegetables Freedom from Anxious Thoughts by Scott Symington Global Center for WellBeing ??? Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankel Mayo Clinic Resilient Mind: Stress Management and Mindfulness Well-Being Program The Resilient Mind by Christmas Hutchinson SMART with Dr Sood: The Four-Module Stress Management and Resilience Training Program Dr Amit Sood Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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A special note from your host, Catherine: This series is all about how our well-being affects our productivity. If we don’t take care of ourselves first, we won’t be able to be truly productive. Considering the world is working from home, it’s more important than ever to put the oxygen mask on first. It’s week 2 of working from home in the time of social distancing. How’s everyone holding up? Catherine and Patty Lennon keep it real around what it’s like to work from home with the entire family home and how lucky they are to have enough space to close the door. They offer strategies for managing this time even if you have less space. With empathy, humor and a dash of magic, they discuss how to receive everything – the good, the bad and the ugly – and why that’s more important now than ever. Patty reassures us that now is the time to go inward, so we can better serve the people we love. About Patty Lennon: Patty Lennon is a keynote speaker and best selling author that helps women create space for magic in their lives and businesses. She founded The Receiving School to help others open to their own receiving energy using a blend of common sense, brain science and a dash of magic. The Receiving School Free Receiving Guide PattyLennon.com To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A special note from your host, Catherine: This series is all about how our well-being affects our productivity. If we don’t take care of ourselves first, we won’t be able to be truly productive. Considering the world is working from home, it’s more important than ever to put the oxygen mask on first. What does a turkey have to do with a pandemic? Not what you think. Tune in as your host, Catherine, talks through preparing for the pandemic without panicking. She details exactly what she’s done for her family, her travel plans, and getting ready to quarantine if necessary. This episode is chockful of strategies, down to earth advice, and a very funny story about a rogue turkey. To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Since Tuesday is Organize Your Home Office Day, the episodes in March will be about setting up your home office for massive success. Catherine explains the best locations for your home office and why. She takes a left turn into the evils of electronics. And returns for a on choosing the perfect ergonomic office chair for you. Whether you’re still balancing a laptop on your lap on the sofa or already have a home office space, you won’t want to miss this series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discussing cyber risk and your technology, today’s guest is Ann Marie Van den Hurk of Mind the Gap Cyber. Ann Marie describes cyber risk, cyber crime and cyber insurance. She gives her 3 favorite easy strategies to help prevent a cyber breach. And she details the consequences of a cyber breach. They’re terrifying enough to a small business that you’ll be implementing these strategies today! Tune in to learn these simple strategies to reduce the chance of your business and personal information being attacked! To learn more about Ann Marie Van Den Hurk: My mission is to make it harder for cybercriminals to attack your business. In founding Mind The Gap Cyber, I combine all of my professional and educational experiences into fighting cybercrime by working with companies to understand their cyber risk then implement a cybersecurity program. Mind the Gap Cyber To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate adverting program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you want to build your empire, you need to have a plan and do the preparation to make the work happen effectively and efficiently. Join Catherine as she takes you through each step in her 90 day planning process: from color coded post-it notes on her calendar to tasks in Asana. She explains how she uses a mix of paper and digital planning to get her goals accomplished. She wraps up with the importance of her team in the planning process. If you want to get things done like the badss business owner that you are, you need a team. Links: My Calendar: Purchase here Post it Notes: Purchase here Asana To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate adverting program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In honor of National Clear Your Computer Day on Monday, February 11th, Catherine is focusing on digital decluttering for the month. Today her special guest is Judith Guertin of All Ways Organized. Judy is a pro at all things email. She offers several strategies to tame your email inbox. She also offers a great email naming convention she calls FAME. Yes, that’s name with FAME. Join us as long-time productive environment colleagues and friends share their experiences with getting out of email hell and into a happy inbox! You can too. Learn more about Judith Guertin: Judy Guertin is the owner of All Ways Organized. She loves to help entrepreneurs, business owners and sales executives be more productive and organized. When her clients want a new app or a new piece of technology, first she wants to know why. Then together they look at what they may already own that will accomplish the task without adding more places to look (think wasted time), and often increased operating costs (lost money). Her clients call her many things: a trainer, mentor, coach, even cheerleader. She helps her clients stop searching and start DOING! All Ways Organized To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate adverting program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today, Catherine delves deep into an explanation of brain-based challenges and how they affect executive function. She takes all of that medical mumbo jumbo and distills it into plain speak with examples. She tells a few stories about her experience with chemo brain and depression. And assures you that you are ok, even better than ok, just the way you are right now. See how a meaty subject is tied together with Catherine’s usual wacky sense of humor and maybe even a bit of song. Links: Faster than Normal by Peter Shankman: purchase here Understand Your Brain, Get More Done by Ari Tuckman: purchase here Indistractible by Nir Eyal: purchase here To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate adverting program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this final episode of planning, Catherine interviews her podcast producer extraordinaire, Phyllis Nichols of SoundAdvice Sales and Marketing. Catherine and Phyllis have a lively discussion about balancing it ALL. Phyllis runs two businesses and still has time for a life. Phyllis describes her planning process from starting with an Excel spreadsheet and the details in her head to the apps and standardized operating processes they now use. They also focus on the criteria needed to hire a great remote team member. And how Phyllis and her team use automation and apps to bring it all together. To learn more about Phyllis Nichols: Phyllis Nichols is the founder of SoundAdvice Sales and Marketing a company that helps entrepreneurs build their business infusing sales strategies with a daily action plan. She has a passion for sales, telling stories that inspire and empowering others to embrace their potential. Phyllis uses her expertise to help creative entrepreneurs grow revenue resources and infuse confidence and creativity to tell their marketing stories. Website To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate adverting program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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Catherine and Curt discuss project management software in this fourth episode of Planning month. Catherine uses Asana and Curt uses TeamGantt. They also use a whiteboard and post-it note technique to track the daily to-dos. They agree that mix of hands-on visual cues with technology works best for them. Curt explains that he used what he calls the ACE factor to choose project management software: Accessible, Cost and Ease of use. Curt applies process management to his advisory work with craft beer brewers. What’s better than taking a dull topic like project management software and livening it up with beer!?! Last but not least, Curt introduces, drum roll please, the imminent launch of the Brewery Adventure Tour. And he speaks specifically to the process he used to launch it. Grab a pint of your favorite craft beer and have a listen. Links: Team Gantt Asana Capterra To learn more about Curt Battles: Curt has over 25 years of strategic development, financial assessment and operational expertise in a variety of industries including Startup Craft Breweries, Commercial Real Estate, Beverages and Hospitality. Prior to founding CBI and New Canaan Advisors LLC he had long-term leadership roles on the teams that redeveloped two of New York City’s highest visibility real estate icons — Grand Central Terminal and the World Trade Center. Craft Beer Insights (CBI) Advisory Business was founded in 2008 by Curtis C. Battles and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. www.craftbeerinsights.com Instagram: @craftbeerinsights @brewery_adventure_tour To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate adverting program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In keeping with the month’s theme of Planning, Catherine and Lou focus on Lou’s process for creating and launching a course. Much like Catherine he plans on paper as his first step. Lou is a master at audience research and builds the content as he receives feedback. Hear about Lou’s latest course that’s running right now: 7 Must Have Videos from the Student (Catherine) and the Master (Lou). Join in on the laughs, Lou and Catherine have been friends for many years. Chuckle about Rocco the pug and learn a little something about launching a program along the way. And discover that introverts can be funny. To learn more about Lou Bortone: Lou Bortone is known as The Video Godfather. We’re not exactly sure why and, frankly, we’re a little afraid to ask. What we do know is that Lou Bortone has been a pioneer and thought leader in the video space since the launch of YouTube in 2005. He’s helped thousands of entrepreneurs and companies create and leverage online video to build their brands and dramatically grow their revenues. www.loubortone.com Marketing Mojo Mastermind: https://loubortone.lpages.co/mojo/ To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate adverting program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this second episode of 2020, Catherine shares why it’s ok if you’re already “behind” in the New Year and how important rest and fun are to productivity. Catherine explains how her two words of the year, Possibility and the Impossible, work together to create magic. Then she lays out her planning process step by step. She assures the listener that the only right way to do something is not how you should do it, but how you will do it. Catherine reminds you to plan for some flex time because life gets lifey. She wraps up with the 20 Day EPIC Office Organization Challenge, which starts on National Clear Your Desk Day, Monday January 13th. This is her gift to you for 2020 – a way to start your year right in just 10 minutes per day. Links: 20 Day EPIC Office Organization Challenge Cena Block’s Planapaloozah My Calendar: Purchase here Post it Notes: Purchase here Asana To learn more about your host, Catherine Avery: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD *We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate adverting program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no cost to you.
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It’s a bright, shiny, sparkly new year. You have goals. But do you have plans? You’ll likely need a planner to support you in making those goals happen. Join Catherine as she takes you through the what and why of planner purchasing. You’ll hear the difference between paper and digital and the latest funky hybrid. Not to mention the many different types of planners out there. Catherine explains why not every planner is for everyone and that it’s better to use your planning system if it helps you meet your goals. Happy and successful 2020! Links: Panda Planner Pro You Are a Badass Zen as F*ck Happiness Blooms From Within Boxclever Press Budget Planner The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll Dotted Grid Notebook and Planner Good Notes Class with Kim Klassen To learn more about Catherine: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this fourth and final episode of Uncluttered Holidays, Catherine focuses on the POP of the holidays – planning, organization and productivity. Yes, we’re back to work. Fear not for the week between Christmas and New Year’s tends to be the quietest work week of the year. Catherine shares strategies to get a ton done, using her own two digital organizing projects as examples. Happy 2020 everyone! To learn more about Catherine: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gift giving – it can be complicated, stressful, and unfulfilling. Did you know that 44% of shoppers rack up more than $1,000 of holiday debt? As part of the Uncluttered Holidays series, Catherine tackles keeping a holiday budget without being a Scrooge. First, it’s all about setting the intentions (see Episode 27) for how you want to feel at the holidays. Maybe your holidays are not so much about gift giving but spending time together with your family. Catherine’s family gifts a variety of experiences to reduce the inevitable holiday clutter. She wraps up the episode with her thoughts on giving to charity, more specifically The Cancer Couch Foundation founded by Rebecca Timlin-Scalera. 100% of donations and event proceeds go to the cause and all donations are matched. Catherine is making a donation in the name of her clients, as the cause is close to her heart. She was diagnosed early stage 1 triple positive September 11, 2015. Catherine is now 4 years cancer free and knows that the greatest gift for anyone is time. Resources: MarketWatch Uncluttered Holidays Gift Giving Guide 54 Clutter Free Gifts The Cancer Couch Foundation To learn more about Catherine: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this second segment of Uncluttered Holidays, Catherine interviews Maria Yunis. Maria is a break-through coach who specializes in empowering leaders to reclaim the spark in their lives. Catherine and Maria explored how to create a magical holiday calendar, one that works for you and your family. They agreed that self-care has to be scheduled first, even if that’s taking just a few minutes at the beginning of the day to get centered and intentional. At a time when the calendar is in flux, it’s even more important to keep some routines. They discussed how different family structures have varying needs at the holiday season, sharing their own personal stories. Links: To learn more about Maria: MariaYunis Maria@mariayunis.com To learn more about Catherine: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the first of this month’s series “Uncluttered Holidays”, Catherine talks about the importance of reflection in the month of December whether you’re Christian and believe in the quiet time of Advent or you celebrate in other ways embracing the peace and darkness that comes in the winter. Catherine busts through the unrealistic expectations of the season and let’s you know that you’re ok even if you aren’t wildly enthusiastic about the holidays. She asks that we give one another space and grace as we navigate this busy time of the year. She gives a strategy (and handouts) to help you create your intentional and less stressful holiday season. You can reduce that stress by releasing what’s not working for you, whether that’s skipping baking 5 kinds of cookies or limiting your time with the relative who has too much eggnog. Links: Uncluttered Office – Week 1 To learn more about Catherine: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special Thanksgiving episode, Catherine interviews Barbara Hemphill founder of the Productive Environment Network and author of ‘Less Clutter More Life’. Catherine discusses with Barbara about her “Why”, starting Productive Environment Network and how the team has evolved to tackle “emotional clutter”. It is important to remember that when we deal with clutter to improve our productivity that there is a ripple effect that goes well beyond the office or cubicle. Catherine wraps up her conversation with a discussion about gratitude, what it means to Barbara and to herself. Links: Productive Environment Network To learn more about Catherine: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In part 3 of the NO’vember series, Catherine lays out the hard facts about digital clutter. She gives the 10,000 foot overview on decluttering your digital, so you can free up space and make your life ever so much easier. She shares digital storage options, an app to clear out your inbox, a study on security in your smart phone, and wraps it all up with a social media detox. Links: Digital Hosting Cyber Study Declutter Your Data by Angela Crocker Connect with Catherine at Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD
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In this episode Catherine talks about saying “No”. Many of us don’t do this often enough, then we have “yes regret”. We end up worrying and stressing about how we are going to fit it all in and get it done without giving up something. We need to say “Yes” to those things that we are passionate about and bring satisfaction and say “NO” to everything else. Catherine discusses her decision to say “NO” to worry. Worry definitely drains your energy, right? She surrendered and allowed solutions to surface instead. This month Catherine is promoting “NO-vember”, join her as she discusses ways of saying “NO”, so you can make room for the “YES”. To learn more about Catherine: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When you were a child or when your children were small, did you read Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day to them? Sometimes we have days that don’t go the way we want them to. Sometimes it can be days or months in a row. How do we deal with that? Do you throw in the towel immediately? Or do you go to your happy place, take a deep breath, and say your mantra “Everything will be alright”? Or are you somewhere in between? In today’s go-go-go environment, it is very easy to jump to the first. That isn’t going to be productive for you in the moment, but no judgement. You’re perfectly imperfect human. A year from now, this day probably won’t have made a huge impact on you or your business. In this podcast, Catherine, shares her terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Then walks you through the steps to come through those days relatively unscathed and to help you be more prepared for them in the future. To learn more about Catherine: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD Links to products mentioned: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst The Pressured Child by Michael Thompson, PhD Almost Everything by Anne Lamott What to Do When It’s Your Turn by Seth Godin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week Catherine interviews Heather Richmond of HR Administrative Services. Heather is a Virtual Admin (VA) who participated in the recent EPIC Office Transformation. She is also Catherine’s VA. During the interview, Catherine and Heather discuss the outcomes of the Transformation in Heather’s office, as well as the overall process. They also outline the benefits of having a Virtual Admin, especially a Heather! And talk about strategies Heather uses to balance her two businesses. Join us on this podcast to hear about some real outcomes from the EPIC Office Transformation, as well as some insights into how a VA can help move your business forward. To learn more about Catherine: Productivity by Design Facebook Page and LinkedIn To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD To learn more about Heather: HR Administrative Services Facebook Page and LinkedIn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When we succeed do we really do it on our own? Successful people have had people in their corner, a team behind them, a mentor, and opportunities. They’ve had a game plan, set goals, kept their focus on the prize, and learned from their failures. That’s the recipe for success, big and small. Speaking of success, Katie Settel just had an amazing photography exhibit (un)Forgotten a tribute to her brother. She has chosen to be the voice of those who can’t speak for themselves through her gift of photography. I’d call that success and heart. We all have our own definition of success. What’s yours? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Catherine speaks about the importance of connection in a disconnected world. And how it has become her mission to help others be more productive, so they have more time in their lives to pursue their dreams. She highlights recent events that show the value of that connectedness. And she explains the cult of busy and offers two strategies to claim back your time. Tune in to find out all of this and the meaning and origin of Sawa Bona. To learn more about Catherine: Productivity by Design To connect with Catherine: http://bit.ly/SchedCallPBD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This podcast we look at two more personality types when it comes to work and how we take action. Are you impulsive or a cliff hanger? If you are impulsive you might: Ø Act spontaneously Ø Miss deadlines, letting others down Ø Act in haste - Act first. Think later. If you are a cliff hanger you might: Ø Procrastinate Ø Like the adrenaline rush/time pressure helps focus Ø Like a last minute start that can add stress, missed deadlines Ø Underestimate the time tasks take If you are one of these types or a combination of the two, Catherine is going to discuss in this podcast how you can adjust or modify these traits to be more productive and efficient in your workplace setting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Busy. Are we really that busy? What are we missing because we are too busy? Find out why busy is an excuse. And how in doing less you can be more productive. Yes, it’s counterintuitive but it works. Hint - it’s all about setting your intentions. And being present. Want to learn more beyond the podcast? Join Catherine on the Productivity Seminar: Connection in a Disconnected World: Using Online Tools to Build Offline Relationships. LINK TO PRODUCTIVITY SEMINAR: https://productivitysummit.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are you the big picture or perfectionist type? Maybe a combination of both? If you are more of a big-picture type, some of these probably describe you: Prefer global strategies. Produce multiple ideas. Under-estimate time things take especially detail-oriented tasks. Expect others to be mind-readers and magically understand. Sound like you? Maybe you are more of a perfectionist and these characteristics are more like you: Have to be able to do everything yourself and do it well. Hard time saying no. Worried about others’ approval. Struggle to understand the difference between having high standards and being superman/wonder woman. Either way, you have a way of doing things that work for you, or does it? In this podcast, Catherine helps you understand these two types of styles. She will give you easy ways to implement strategies to work more efficiently and productive within your own work style. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
None of us will ever forget where we were on September 11, 2001. 18 years later, we still need to stop and remember those people whose lives were lost. Pausing, meditating, taking a walk, gardening, or any quiet activity gives you a chance to reflect. Catherine shares some of the pauses in her life - both chosen and unexpected. You don’t have to be Wonder Woman or Superman all of the time. Catherine relates her own life stories in this podcast to help us understand how time for reflection and random acts of kindness can not only help your productivity but also enhance your life for the better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gardening and office productivity, how are they related? Think about it, gardening isn’t a one-time thing where you plant and that is it. You need to plan before you start, you need to observe what is working and what is not, you often need to tweak or prune to make your garden more vibrant or more in line with your plan and sometimes it is necessary to move items around in your garden just like you need to do in your business life. Catherine, your host, will guide you through the garden path that is your office environment to help you weed and dead head things that need to be removed or fertilized so as to make you more productive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What type of worker are you? Do you tend to move from one priority to another, and like to multi-task? Do you tend to stick with one project at a time and not move on until it is done? How can you get the best of both worlds? That is the challenge that Catherine discusses in this podcast. Listen here for Catherine’s lessons and suggestions to help you to work more productively by managing your priorities no matter what your working style is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode Catherine, your host discusses why we need to Just Take the Damn Vacation. Vacations help us to relax, clear our brain, and get unplugged. What do you do when you go on a vacation? Are you able to just “be”? If you work for yourself, it is very hard to do a staycation, as your office is always calling you back. You just have to get away and do activities that you love and that bring you joy. Even if that is sitting in a comfy chair reading a good book that you have been trying to finish for months. Your brain needs some down time. Taking time for BEing is super important to productivity. Listen here for Catherine’s lessons and suggestions to help you to unplug, clear your mind and enjoy your time off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode your host, Catherine, interviews Cena Block, the Productivity Guru™ and founder of Sane Spaces. Catherine and Cena discuss what it means to be a mompreneur and how to juggle all that comes with it. Cena provides an overview of the Time and Space Style Inventory™ (TSSI) assessment tool that she created to help business owners determine who they are and which provides their productivity style and offers their best strategies for being successful. Cena is on a mission to help professional women and entrepreneurs with ADHD who struggle to manage it all, align and live productively balanced. She’s a business consultant, author, trainer and master facilitator. Cena is the founder of SaneSpaces.com and creator of the Time & Space Style Inventory™ (TSSI). Catherine and Cena go way back. Listen, learn and laugh. How To Be Organized In Spite Of Yourself by Sunny Schlenger and Roberta Roesch Purchase here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode Catherine, your host discusses How You Tolerate Disorder. Are you someone who wants everything in its place, to look pretty? Catherine outlines how to use convenient and simple storage solutions to alleviate certain situations. How to get help and have accountability: hire an organizer partner with a friend Then you need to Motivate, celebrate, reward! Listen here for Catherine’s lessons and suggestions to help you become more organized and thus more productive in your environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode your host, Catherine Avery provides an overview of her business retreat in Carolina Beach, NC. She had set 3 intentions for herself on this retreat: · build a sales funnel/strategy; · be open to all possibilities; and · have fun. As part of this she took surfing lessons. Catherine had never surfed before; she was both exhilarated and terrified at the same time. She knew that if she wanted to be able to shift in her business, she would need to get out of her comfort zone in other areas too. Surfing was all of that and then some. Being an entrepreneur can be compared to learning to surf: Feel the fear, do it anyway; Failure is a data point – new information; Easier with a coach; · To stay balanced you have to focus on the horizon; and Be the board, just be. Listen here for Catherine’s lessons from the surf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode your host, Catherine Avery looks at Savers vs. Minimalists. She defines what each is and gives examples. She explores the differences between the two, how to identify which one you are and provides recommendations for both. By knowing yourself and your inherent preferences when it comes to your possessions, business or personal, you will be better prepared to maximize your productivity. The more work you take on, the more streamlined your productivity needs to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Catherine provides a brief overview of the tool, Time and Space Style Inventory, that she uses to help clients understand themselves. In this first episode of a 7 part series, Catherine explains the major components to Space - Arranging Space Assigning Value Tolerating Disorder She then describes the Everything Out/Nothing Out styles, which are how you arrange your space. The Everything Out needs to see all of their papers and other items, so they don’t forget to get the work done. The Nothing Out dislikes clutter and mess but may be prone to stashing items away making it difficult to find them later. Catherine enters the judgement free zone to describe the challenges of each, while quipping about the denial that can be inherent in each style. She then offers strategies for each style. Links: How To Be Organized In Spite Of Yourself by Sunny Schlenger and Roberta Roesch Purchase here Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Purchase here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Catherine explains how running a lawn service business is similar to running any business including yours. She focuses on: The efficiencies in batching Delegating Knowing and focusing on your skills She then explains the Eisenhower Decision Matrix and how you can determine which tasks are urgent vs. important, so that you can grow your business more efficiently and effectively. Stephen Covey "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Catherine explains several personality assessments that help you determine who you are, in order to create the best office environment and best systems to suit you. The ones that she discusses today are: Myers-Briggs (MBTI) Fascinate Strengths Finder TSSI – Time, Space, Style & Inventory DISC Catherine also delves into the following questions: How is your space best designed for you? Are you a filer or a piler? The difference between action vs. reference files? How do you create your productive environment and then live with your new normal? You are sure to find these personality assessments and the corresponding recommended strategies applicable in your daily business life. Have you taken any of the assessments mentioned and how have they changed your productivity? Links Myers-Briggs (MBTI) Fascinate Strengths Finder DISC Assessment Flow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mindset is everything. Life is messy. How we deal with the unpredictable events becomes part of the journey. It might not feel like it, but we really can decide how to react and respond. Here are 3 ways this has showed up for Catherine. Understanding the gift of today Maintaining perspective when the unexpected occurs Recognizing opportunities to express gratitude Learning to shift to grace and gratitude means deciding to take the moment and be in the present. Just be. Being productive is about getting things done, and we know when we are present in the moment, we can be clear and focused on what’s in front of us. What’s your biggest productivity challenge? Resources Mentioned: Miracle Morning Faster Than Normal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does joy look like? Today Catherine talks with her friend Yasmin, creator of the Joyful Living Project. They talk about how joy can be a part of everyday life, even in a world that can be stressful and challenging at time. The Joyful Living Project is about traveling the country gathering stories of joy and spreading joy to others. Yasmin shares how he stays productive on the road and how he manages the uncertainty when he’s not at home. Yasmin shares the 3 key forms of joy. Redefining what home is Letting go Learning to receive Meet Yasmin In 2012, Yasmin suffered complete burnout trying to run 5 businesses. Overwhelmed, exhausted, and checked out, he left work one afternoon and headed to the Oregon Coast. That changed everything. In the next 18 months, he returned to the coast 52 times discovering a new way of living and working that healed his body, deepened his relationships, and transformed his life. Yasmin shares why he does this work. He believes that when we intentionally create space to rest, grow, connect, and give, we refuel the fire of our impact. In the last 3 years, he has refined his approach to burnout recovery and created the Retirement Day Practice™ and Organizational Gratitude Practice™ methods. Yasmin's passion for helping women in business is inspired by his mother’s courage and sacrifice for a better life for her children. In 1978, she led her three infant children through the jungle to board a small boat. Fleeing Communist Vietnam, they were rescued at sea as their boat sank to the bottom of the ocean. Every day he is so grateful for the gift of his mother's courage and the opportunity to transform lives through this work. Connect with Yasmin: Follow Joyful Joe Website Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode host Catherine Avery shares how a course in happiness, The Science of Well Being, is changing her life. She’ll explain the GI Joe Fallacy “knowing is half the battle”. But, in fact, it does not matter what you know if you don’t act on it. Enter Thin Mints and not eating an entire sleeve at a time. Happiness comes from gratitude. Hear how Catherine focuses on gratitude to ensure a happy life no matter the circumstances. See how gratitude can change your life. And try not to eat all of the Thin Mints. The Science of Well Being Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Peter Drucker We all do things we don’t want to do. It’s a necessity. Things like laundry and errands. They are part of life. That’s not what Mr. Drucker is referring to. Per Gay Hendricks of The Big Leap - Zone of: Incompetence Competence Excellence Genius Understanding what you can do easily, almost effortlessly is where we ideally want to spend our time, focus and energy. How do you match your strengths with your values? Catherine explains how a method that can set you up to be your most productive. What can you automate? What can eliminate? What can you delegate? Recommended Resources: The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks Strengths Finder by Tom Rath IFTTT App Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi _ Some of the above links are affiliate links. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Productivity by Design shares strategies to help you get more done, in less time, without overwhelm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices